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exteriorly

American  
[ik-steer-ee-er-lee] / ɪkˈstɪər i ər li /

adverb

  1. on, relating to, or regarding the outside, external, or apparent aspects of something.


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But this orderly process may be disturbed exteriorly or interiorly.

From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by John William Draper

In Ibla alone, it passes exteriorly to, and over the adductor scutorum muscle.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin

He removes the impurity, that has exteriorly sullied it, and holds the soul still his own.

From Letters of Madam Guyon by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon

Therefore, though his cottage was, exteriorly, the prettiest house in his parish, interiorly, it was discomfort personified.

From The Macdermots of Ballycloran by Anthony Trollope

It is bulky, composed exteriorly of dry leaves, strips of loose grape vine bark, and similar materials, and lined with fine grasses and fibrous roots.

From Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 6 December, 1897 by Various

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