Outwardly
['aʊtwədli]
Definition
(adv.) in outward appearance; 'outwardly, she appeared composed'.
(adv.) with respect to the outside; 'outwardly, the figure is smooth'.
Checker: Wilmer--From WordNet
Examples
- Outwardly it is very like the world before the war. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I can only say that there was smoothness outwardly. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Not only were the cities outwardly more splendidly built, but within the homes of the wealthy there had been great advances in the art of decoration. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If its resistance is greater than the force of the blow struck, it remains outwardly unchanged. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But, within myself, I shall always be, towards you, what I am now, though outwardly I shall be what you have heretofore seen me. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Yet of course, she cared a great deal, outwardly--and outwardly was all that mattered, for inwardly was a bad joke. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Outwardly I only thanked man, crying, Thank you, thank you, Monsieur! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- At the end of that time I had justified her generous faith in my manhood--I had, outwardly at least, recovered my self-control. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I detest what I am, outwardly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The liquid air in the interior chamber vaporizes gradually, and escaping through the outwardly opening valve at the top, expands around the air space surrounding the inner vessel. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Holmes was outwardly calm, but his whole body gave a wriggle of suppressed excitement as he spoke. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I mourn his loss--inwardly in my soul, outwardly on my hat. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- That minister had always been my secret enemy, though he outwardly caressed me more than was usual to the moroseness of his nature. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- One fact alone outwardly proclaimed the change they were all conspiring to ignore; and that was the non-appearance of Ned Silverton. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- But 'a's clever, that's true, and they say he was an engineering gentleman once, but has come down by being too outwardly given. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- My Lady, who has heard all this with slight attention outwardly, looks towards Mr. Rouncewell as he comes in. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- For more than a week she lay there, little altered outwardly, with her old handsome resolute frown that I so well knew carved upon her face. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- His sincerity consisted in utter respect for form: he denied himself whatever leadership he was capable of, and outwardly at least he tried to balance the government. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Mr. Tulkinghorn, outwardly quite undisturbed, demands, Why not? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Checker: Wilmer