Monday, October 22, 2007

Word of the Week #8

Ostensible and Ostensibly

Source: Brainy Quote

Sentence it was Used: In today's world, marketers reach inside the home and attempt to figure out what's good for your daughter, because this is not their business, but what deep desires they can manipulate, stimulate and ostensibly satisfy in order to produce cold, hard cash.

Definition: (adjective and adverb for ostensibly)
  1. outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended
  2. apparent, evident or conspicuous

My Sentence: After a long day of mourning for the death of my uncle, my aunt's ostensible laughter enagaged confusion to our family members.


1 comment:

camccune said...

Sorry, Word of the Week stopped a couple weeks ago. For the rest of the semester, you're supposed to write a weekly blog post about a JMC event or media-related trend or news story.