- ostensively
- adverb see ostensive
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Ostensively — Os*ten sive*ly, adv. In an ostensive manner. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ostensively — See ostensive. * * * … Universalium
ostensively — adverb a) In an ostensive manner. b) Ostensibly … Wiktionary
ostensively — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adverb On the surface: apparently, evidently, externally, ostensibly, outwardly, seemingly, superficially. Idioms: on the face of it, to all appearances. See SURFACE … English dictionary for students
ostensively — É‘ stensɪvlɪ /É’ adv. with demonstration, while being shown to be such; ostensibly, professedly, as it were … English contemporary dictionary
ostensively — os·ten·sive·ly … English syllables
ostensively — adverb see ostensive * * * ostensˈively adverb • • • Main Entry: ↑ostensible … Useful english dictionary
ostensive — ostensively, adv. /o sten siv/, adj. 1. clearly or manifestly demonstrative. 2. ostensible. [1595 1605; < ML ostensivus, equiv. to L ostens(us), var. of ostentus ptp. of ostendere to present, display (o(b)s , var. of ob OB + tend(ere) to stretch… … Universalium
Private language argument — The private language argument is a philosophical argument introduced by Ludwig Wittgenstein in his later work, especially in the Philosophical Investigations [Wittgenstein introduced the notion in §243, and argues for its impossibility in §244… … Wikipedia
semantics — semanticist /si man teuh sist/, semantician /see man tish euhn/, n. /si man tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. Ling. a. the study of meaning. b. the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form. 2.… … Universalium
