ON THE FACE OF IT
\ɒnðə fˈe͡ɪs ɒv ɪt], \ɒnðə fˈeɪs ɒv ɪt], \ɒ_n_ð_ə f_ˈeɪ_s ɒ_v ɪ_t]\
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from appearances alone; "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 of it the problem seems minor"
By Princeton University
