externally
externally adverb: on the surface or the outside.
Adverb
externally (comparative more externally, superlative most externally)
- on the surface or the outside
- In trumpets for assisting the hearing, all reverbation of the trumpet must be avoided. It must be made thick, of the least elastic materials, and covered with cloth externally. For all reverbation lasts for a short time, and produces new sounds which mix with those which are coming in.1820, Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 6th edition, volume 20, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company, page 501
externally meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
externally in Hindi
- बाहरी रूप से
externally in Tamil
- வெளிப்புறமாக
externally in Marathi
- बाह्यरित्या
externally in Urdu
- خارجن, اوپر اوپر سے
More languagesFewer languages
- externally in Bengali
- উপরিভাগে, বাইরে
- externally in Malayalam
- ബാഹ്യമായി
- externally in Kannada
- ಬಾಹ್ಯವಾಗಿ
- externally in Punjabi
- ਬਾਹਰੀ ਤੌਰ ਉੱਤੇ, ਬਾਹਰੀ ਤੌਰ'ਤੇ
- externally in Gujarati
- બાહ્ય રીતે
Examples of externally in a sentence
- Living species of the externally shelled nautiluses do not possess an ink sac.
- The patellae may be up to 30° externally rotated at birth.
- Thatched and creepered, the cottage today has externally changed very little.
Forms of externally
| comparative | more externally |
|---|---|
| superlative | most externally |
Origin of externally
From external + -ly.
Questions about externally
- What does externally mean?
- Externally means on the surface or the outside.
- What is externally in Hindi?
- Externally in Hindi is बाहरी रूप से. See Externally meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is externally?
- Externally is an adverb.
Words near externally in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: externally (page history and authors); externally (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); externally (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); externally (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); externally (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); externally (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); externally (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); externally (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); externally (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); externally (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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