on the face of it

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Apparently; as far as can be seen or determined
prima facie
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"
as far as can be seen, apparently, at first glance