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outwardly

[ out-werd-lee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

as regards appearance or outward manifestation:
outwardly charming; outwardly considerate.
on the outside or outer surface; externally:
Outwardly, the fruit was rough to the touch.
toward the outside:
The pier stretched outwardly from the shore.

outwardly

/ ˈaʊtwədlɪ /

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; outward, -ly

“It seems that the different standard is (based on) the length of the beard and outwardly display of piety,” Hamdani said.

And yet, you can appear outwardly perfect, seeming to have it all together.

People are starting to recognize that depression must relate to biology, because who would give up such an outwardly gifted life?

How could such an outwardly happy and successful man be struggling so badly?

He was viewed by his colleagues as a “practical guy” who remained, at least outwardly, calm when problems arose.

In his heart she would always remain his dream and his ideal—but outwardly he would no longer need her.

He kept to the high ground, not venturing to the plains, for the population had outwardly passed to the English peace again.

Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

In this she differed from others of her sect, who strove to convey the idea of humility both outwardly and inwardly.

The strange lucidity of the somnambulist still hung over her brain and mind, though outwardly she appeared troubled and confused.

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