prima facie
adverb
- Latin expression meaning on its first encounter or at first sight
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiː.mə ˈfeɪ.siː/ / /ˈpɹaɪ-/ / /-ʃiː/
adj
Etymology: From Latin prīmā (“first”) + faciē (“shape, figure”), literally “at the first appearance.”
- Apparently correct; not needing proof unless evidence to the contrary is shown.
“We conclude that the single photon is somehow interacting with itself. And now we have prima facie evidence of the superposition of quantum particles, that they can exist in more than one place at the same time.”
adv
Etymology: From Latin prīmā (“first”) + faciē (“shape, figure”), literally “at the first appearance.”
- At first sight; on the face of it.
“[…] the nicest young man that ever was, — daintily gloved, patently booted, oilily curled, snowily wristbanded, with a lovely cambric (prima facie) handkerchief bound about his hyacinthine locks and polished hat.”
“Prima facie this may not read like a true story.”