Meaning

2 senses
  1. Externally or on the outside, or on the surface.

    The terrorist was outwardly a bank clerk.

    äußerlich

    with respect to the outside

  2. Toward the outside

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Felix was so outwardly creepy and weird.

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  2. The inside defects never fail to express themselves outwardly.

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  3. An inner defect never fails to express itself outwardly.

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  4. Mark was outwardly charming.

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  5. Tom is always outwardly calm.

    ruТом всегда внешне спокоен.

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Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
externally or on the outside:

Origin

From Middle English outwardly, outwardli, utwardliche, equivalent to outward + -ly.

From Middle English outwardly, outwardli, utwardliche, equivalent to outward + -ly.

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Synonyms

4 synonyms
externally:apparentlyA2
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedoutward

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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