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outwardly

/ˈaʊtwədli/US/ˈaʊtwɚdli/

outwardly adverb: externally or on the outside, or on the surface.

Adverb

outwardly

  1. Externally or on the outside, or on the surface.
    • The terrorist was outwardly a bank clerk.
    • 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.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 208
    Synonyms:
    apparently
  2. Toward the outside

outwardly meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu

outwardly in Tamil

மேலுக்கு

outwardly in Urdu

بظاہر, بیرونی طور پر, خارجاً

outwardly in Bengali

বাইরের দিক থেকে, আপাতদৃষ্টিতে

outwardly in Telugu

బాహ్యంగా
More languagesFewer languages
outwardly in Malayalam
പുറമേ, കാഴ്ചയ്ക്ക്, ബാഹ്യമായി

Examples of outwardly in a sentence

  • When you read between the lines, you might find a metamessage behind what somebody is outwardly saying.
  • The new European rules differ from outwardly similar American formulations in animating principle.
  • Regardless of how involved Carl outwardly appears, inside he holds himself stoically detached.

All 12 example sentences with outwardly

Synonyms of outwardly

Origin of outwardly

From Middle English outwardly, outwardli, utwardliche, equivalent to outward + -ly.

Questions about outwardly

What does outwardly mean?
Outwardly means externally or on the outside, or on the surface.
What is outwardly in Tamil?
Outwardly in Tamil is மேலுக்கு. See Outwardly meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is outwardly?
Outwardly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce outwardly?
Outwardly is pronounced /ˈaʊtwədli/ (UK).

Words near outwardly in the dictionary

  1. outward-lookingness
  2. outwarded
  3. outwarding
  4. outwardlooking
  5. outwardlookingness
  6. outwardly
  7. outwardmost
  8. outwardness
  9. outwardnesses
  10. outwards
  11. outwarred

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outwardly (page history and authors); outwardly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outwardly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outwardly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outwardly (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); outwardly (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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