at first blush (adverb) ostensibly: apparently
Detalii: ostensibly means from appearances alone or in a manner that is declared or pretended, while ostentatiously means with vain display or showily
Sinonime: abort, back wrong horse, backslide, be defeated, be demoted, be found lacking, be in vain, be ruined, blunder, break down, come to naught, come to nothing, decline, deteriorate, fall, fall flat, fall short, fall through, fizzle, flop, flounder, fold, founder, go astray, go down swinging, go down, go downhill, go up in smoke, go wrong, hit bottom, hit the skids, lose control, lose out, lose status, meet with disaster, misfire, miss, miss fire, miss the boat, miss the mark, play into, run aground, slip*, turn out badly
Antonime: improbably, obscurely,
unlikely