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Outwardly definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OUT'WARDLY, adv.
1. Externally; opposed to inwardly; as outwardly content, but inwardly uneasy.
2. In appearance; not sincerely. Many may inwardly reverence the goodness which they outwardly seem to despise.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: with respect to the outside; "outwardly, the figure is smooth" [syn: outwardly, externally]
2: in outward appearance; "outwardly, she appeared composed" [ant: inside, inwardly]

Merriam Webster's

adverb Date: 14th century 1. a. on the outside ; externally b. toward the outside 2. in outward state, behavior, or appearance <was outwardly friendly>

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Outward Out"ward, a. 1. Forming the superficial part; external; exterior; -- opposed to inward; as, an outward garment or layer. Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. --Cor. iv. 16. 2. Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is external; manifest; public. ``Sins outward.'' --Chaucer. An outward honor for an inward toil. --Shak. 3. Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war. [Obs.] --Hayward. 4. Tending to the exterior or outside. The fire will force its outward way. --Dryden. -- Out"ward*ly, adv. -- Out"ward*ness, n. Outward stroke. (Steam Engine) See under Stroke.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

You use outwardly to indicate the feelings or qualities that a person or situation may appear to have, rather than the ones that they actually have. They may feel tired and though outwardly calm, can be irritable... Outwardly this looked like the beginning of a terrific programme but the stage was actually set for a major disaster. ADV: ADV adj/adv, ADV with cl

Moby Thesaurus

apparently, as it seems, at first sight, evidently, exteriorly, externally, forth, officially, on the outside, on the surface, openly, ostensibly, out, outside, outward, outwards, prima facie, professedly, publically, seemingly, superficially, to all appearances, to all seeming, to the eye, visibly, without