Usually means: Apparent when initially considered.
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  1. on the face of it: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. on the face of it: Merriam-Webster
  3. on the face of it: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. on the face of it: Collins English Dictionary
  5. on the face of it: Vocabulary.com
  6. on the face of it: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. on the face of it: Dictionary.com
  8. on the face of it: Rhymezone
  9. on the face of it: FreeDictionary.org
  10. on the face of it: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. on the face of it: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. on the face of it: Wiktionary

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  1. on the face of it: Idioms

Definitions from WordNet (on the face of it)

adverb:  from appearances alone ("On the face of it the problem seems minor")


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