English-Finnish translations for ostensible

• näennäinen
  Yleinen hyväksyntä kuitenkin katoaa hyvin helposti, arvoisa komission puheenjohtaja Barroso, etenkin, jos sanojen ja tarpeiden välillä on näennäinen kuilu. Public approval, however, is very easily squandered, Mr Barroso, especially when there is an ostensible gulf between words and deeds.
  näennäismuisti

Definition of ostensible

• Apparent, evident; meant for open display
• Appearing as such; being such in appearance; professed, supposed (rather than demonstrably true or real

Examples

• The ostensible reason for his visit to New York was to see his mother, but the real reason was to get to the Yankees game the next day.

Related words

• ostensibly
• ostensive
• ostensive definition