Meaning of on the face of it in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Adverb
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Adverb

    on the face of it

    Definitions

    1. from appearances alone

    Examples

    • « irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land »
    • « the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned »
    • « had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it-Thomas Hardy »
    • « on the face »

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