ostensible

How many syllables in ostensible?

  4 syllables

Divide ostensible into syllables:   os-ten-si-ble
Stressed syllable in ostensible:   os-ten-si-ble
How to pronounce ostensible:   o-sten-suh-bull
How to say ostensible:

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