ostensivelyadv.
/ɒˈstɛnsᵻvli/, U.S. /əˈstɛnsᵻvli/ In an ostensive manner: †(a) avowedly, professedly, ostensibly (obsolete); (b) directly, demonstratively; by means of direct indication or demonstration.
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society > communication > manifestation > [adverb]
outa1398
feelably?a1475
manifestlyc1475
livishly1530
lively1548
demonstratively1571
declaringly1583
exhibitively1611
manifestatively1649
ostensibly1762
ostensively1763
forthrightly1934
society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > [adverb]
ostensively1763
gesticulatingly1893
gesticulatively1898
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [adverb] > in appearance
colourably1433
in show1556
for show1563
affectedly1637
speciously1647
ostensibly1762
ostensively1763
lamb-fashion1810
pretencedly1885
1763 R. Lloyd in St. James's Mag. Oct. 108 Affecting cynical grimace..In rags and tatters, strole the street; Ostensively exceeding wise.
1784 Ann. Reg. 1782 Hist. Europe 240*/2 The enemy rested all their hopes now, at least ostensively, on the defeat of Lord Howe's fleet.
1847 T. De Quincey Protestantism in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 764/1 A postulate of the human reason,..not proved ostensively, but indirectly proved as being..presupposed in other necessities.
1921 W. E. Johnson Logic I. vi. 94 A simple adjective-name—such as red—cannot be defined analytically but only ostensively.
1953 W. V. Quine From Logical Point of View iv. 78 Once a fund of ostensively acquired terms is at hand there is no difficulty in explaining additional terms discursively.
1996 D. F. Wallace Supposedly Fun Thing I'll never do Again 161 But like postmodern or pornographic, Lynchian is one of those..words that is definable only ostensively—i.e. we know it when we see it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1763