adv. Function: adverb
to all outward appearances FF1C; ostensibly it was a business trip but actually it was all pleasure FF1E;
Synonyms: apparently, evidently, officially, outwardly, professedly, seemingly
Related Words: externally, superficially; sensibly
Idioms: on the face of it, on the surface, to the eye
Contrasted Words: genuinely, really, truly; au fond, basically