Ostensive

a.

1.

Showing; exhibiting. Ostensive demonstration (Math.) a direct or positive demonstration, as opposed to the apagogical or indirect method.

Adj.	1.	ostensive - manifestly demonstrative
	2.	ostensive - represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity" Synonyms: ostensible

informative, instructive