outwardly

Adverb

Meaning

with respect to the outside

in outward appearance

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

apparently externally superficially out surface outside external seemingly exterior outward evidently ostensibly outdoors outwards ignorantly

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Antonyms

inwardly inside internally intrinsically at bottom at heart

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Phrases with the word

extending outwardly therefrom

Examples

I actually was class clown, but I don't know how that happened because I've never been considered an outwardly funny person-as the people in this room will attest. Janeane Garofalo

For me the most interesting characters are outwardly static, but inwardly charged by an overriding passion. Andrei Tarkovsky

Go beyond science, into the region of metaphysics. Real religion is beyond argument. It can only be lived both inwardly and outwardly. Swami Sivananda

The story of Willie Stark fascinated me because it was tackling the story of a man who outwardly has all the success one could possibly want and who is destroyed by his personal demons. Carlisle Floyd

A person who is outwardly calm has anger raging inside. Filipino Proverb

Sodom apples outwardly fair, ashes at the core. Romanian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

outward-moving outwardlooking outwardlookingness outwardmost outwardness outwards