Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ostensively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
os-ten-sive-ly
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an ostensive manner.

adv

Ostensibly.

Etymology

From ostensive + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more ostensively (comparative) most ostensively (superlative)

Questions

What does ostensively mean?
In an ostensive manner.
Where does ostensively come from?
From ostensive + -ly.

How to pronounce ostensively

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