Definition of on the face of it On the face of it

We found 2 definitions of on the face of it from 2 different sources.

What does on the face of it mean?

Adverb
on the face of it - 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"
		apparently, seemingly, ostensibly