outwardly
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4.4
- adverb
- /ˈaʊtˌwɚdli/
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por fuera
- Outwardly, I was everything a well brought up girl should be.
- outwardly but inwardly
- Outwardly expressed
- outwardly focused
They may not be as outwardly expressive about it, right?
- They may not be as outwardly expressive about it, right?
- And they feel like, God, you know, they've been pretty outwardly homophobic and transphobic.
- They don't get they're not competitive outwardly, right?
- For it is the inwardizing in US of the spirit, which in them was still only outwardly manifested.
- So that the framing, the set and setting, focusing the attention inwardly or outwardly.
- Like outwardly boring titles and like relatively unexciting thumbnails.
- No, it's just I, I have friends who are very outwardly in their expression of praising and worshiping God, right?
- It's the only time my dad's ever been legit outwardly proud of me is Derrick Brooks comes backstage.
- Grey rock doesn't mean that you stop feeling, it means that you stop outwardly reacting to them with the goal of protecting yourself.
Examples
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Outwardly, she seemed happy and confident, but inside she felt uncertain.
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Do you have the courage to act outwardly on what you see inwardly?
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"For the past decade, law firms have become more outwardly focused.
Academic text (2009) -
But the odd thing, ladies and gentlemen, is that outwardly this woman was a model of patience.
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Outwardly, we can already tell that the child has no pigmentation.
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Arguably, the grand marshal is the most outwardly refined representative of the group.
Academic text (2012) -
Usually I do this quietly in my mind; outwardly I may hold someone's hand or simply sit there.
Fiction book (2002) -
Our Raymond will remain an outwardly normal, productive, sober and respected member of the community.
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Most of the time, he remained outwardly calm while lawyers accused each other of heinous conduct.
Academic text (1995) -
Outwardly Animal Farm appeared prosperous, but the animals themselves were no better off, with the exception of the pigs, and their supreme leader, Napoleon.
Synonyms
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3.2
In a way that is on the outside of something, for example on the skin
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5.3
In a way that only looks at the surface and not deeply
In a way that comes from the outside
Antonyms
How Private
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word outwardly comes from out ('out') and ward ('toward'), and the ending -ly makes it mean 'in a way'. So outwardly describes how something looks on the outside, not how it really is.