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adj. Represented or appearing as such; ostensive: His ostensible purpose was charity, but his real goal was popularity.

adj. meant for open display; apparent

adj. alleged, having an intention that is possibly but not obviously true

adj. Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown.

adj. Outwardly appearing to be; shown to be; exhibited; apparent; evident.

adj. Declared; avowed; professed; pretended; -- often used as opposed to real or actual.

Put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; apparent; professed: as, a person's ostensible reason or motive for doing something.

Capable of being shown; that may be shown; proper or intended to be shown.

adj. appearing as such but not necessarily so

adj. represented or appearing as such; pretended

"And none of the hedge fund geniuses think to actually pick up the phone and call the ostensible issuer of the notes just to check and see that the notes are real and Dreier is authorized to peddle them."

superficial    imitative    counterfeit   

ostensible partner   

ostensive    ostentation    ostentatious   

ostensibly   

exhibited    apparent    evident   

compensable    comprehensible    defensible    dispensable    indefensible    indispensable    insensible    reprehensible    sensible   

ulterior    philanthropic    nefarious    specious    trumped-up    legitimate    laudable    twofold    colourable    avow