outwardly

adverb

Definition of outwardlynext
as in externally

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Recent Examples of outwardly Many people may feel hesitant to be themselves, while outwardly searching for a deeper connection. — Ethan M. Stone, USA Today, 20 July 2026 Outside of his mechanical knowledge and appreciation for the robots, Wyatt wanted to display his love for them outwardly and began begging his mom for Roomba and robot vacuum everything. — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026 His dad, Rick Brunson, a former player who now works as a Knicks assistant coach, seemed markedly more excited, at least outwardly, to be there. — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 June 2026 Other candidates, Othman said, were not as outwardly against Israel’s war with Hamas. — Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for outwardly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outwardly
  1. externally
  2. visibly
  3. seemingly
  4. apparently
  5. evidently
  6. ostensibly
  7. supposedly
  8. putatively
Adverb
  • Making everyone a potential spy or assassin was only an expedient way to destroy institutions internally and externally through financial incentives.
    — Finn Brunton, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The strategy can be autonomous relative to the human's moment-to-moment control while the objective remains externally imposed.
    — Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of externally
Adverb
  • Analysts note that driven by the heatwave, PJM's recent grid load has been visibly higher than the levels recorded during the same period over the past two summers.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Clancy is visibly emotional, crying and wiping her eyes.
    — Sumiko Corley, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of visibly
Adverb
  • The premise for prevention is to create an accountability role for everyone to play, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Many of the seemingly absurd projects celebrated by the Ig Nobels have gone on to inspire practical advances in scientific knowledge.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of seemingly
Adverb
  • Rant Straw apparently took issue with the criticism and responded to Seixeiro directly on social media.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The apparently illusory swings show the difficulty of accurately counting homeless people in the expanse of north Los Angeles County.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of apparently
Adverb
  • His predictions mostly involved preaching to the AI evangelist choir, and his fervor for the tech evidently led him to throw caution to the winds of Wall Street.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026
  • It was evidently lost amid the flood of congratulatory messages that arrived on campus that day, and Calhoun didn’t remember it.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of evidently
Adverb
  • Much of its aid has come in unsigned rulings on the emergency docket—ostensibly temporary and non-precedent-setting judgments that nevertheless carry serious consequences.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The arrests, ostensibly for bribery, have sent a stark warning to Gazprom and the entire oil and gas industry, which faces a growing crisis of production and distribution as a result of war disruptions.
    — Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of ostensibly
Adverb
  • Most players largely celebrate their own successes, rather than their opponents’ errors, and antics like those supposedly violate the sport’s unwritten behavioral codes.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • According to legend, a traveling salesman saw the escape artist in the booth and locked him inside, supposedly causing Houdini to furiously attempt to kick his way out.
    — Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of supposedly
Adverb
  • Miller has long been concerned with some of the actions taken after 9/11, putatively in her name, against Muslims in general.
    — Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The eight-story glass building at the center of the complex, which had putatively been devoted to vaccine manufacturing, was in fact a highly classified defense facility.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
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“Outwardly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outwardly. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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