outwardly
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English outwardly, outwardli, utwardliche, equivalent to outward + -ly.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
outwardly
- Externally or on the outside, or on the surface.
- The terrorist was outwardly a bank clerk.
- 1907, Barbara Baynton, Sally Krimmer; Alan Lawson, editors, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 208:
- If only she would wake and close her mouth, mentally prayed the outwardly unflinching girl. Later the doctor came, and sheltered by his presence the sick woman's husband stood in the doorway.
- Toward the outside
SynonymsEdit
- (externally): apparently, superficially, to all appearances; see also Thesaurus:ostensibly
TranslationsEdit
externally or on the outside
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Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
outwardly
- (rare) While located at the exterior
- (rare) While seen at the exterior; seeming to be
- secularly; without religious influence
- Without secrecy or deception
DescendantsEdit
- English: outwardly
ReferencesEdit
- “ǒutwā̆rdlī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-12.