Usually means: Expressed or visible on surface.
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  1. outwardly: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. outwardly: Merriam-Webster
  3. outwardly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. outwardly: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. outwardly: Collins English Dictionary
  6. outwardly: Vocabulary.com
  7. Outwardly, outwardly: Wordnik
  8. outwardly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. outwardly: Wiktionary
  10. outwardly: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. outwardly: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. outwardly: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. outwardly: Dictionary.com
  14. outwardly: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. outwardly: Rhymezone
  16. outwardly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. outwardly: FreeDictionary.org
  18. outwardly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. outwardly: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adverb:  Externally or on the outside, or on the surface.
▸ adverb:  Toward the outside

Similar:
externally, outwards, outerly, exoterically, extraneously, surfacely, externalistically, exteroceptively, extrovertedly, outgoingly, more...

Opposite:
inwardly, internally, inward

Types:
visibly, apparently, ostensibly, evidently, more...

Phrases:
outwardly hurtful, outwardly friendly, outwardly spoken, was outwardly cranky, when something is presented outwardly, more...

Colors:
    silver,     gold,     bronze,     teal,     turquoise, more...

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Similar:
externally, outwards, outerly, exoterically, extraneously, surfacely, externalistically, exteroceptively, extrovertedly, outgoingly, more...

Opposite:
inwardly, internally, inward

Types:
visibly, apparently, ostensibly, evidently, more...

Phrases:
outwardly hurtful, outwardly friendly, outwardly spoken, was outwardly cranky, when something is presented outwardly, to act outwardly, opposite of outwardly, outwardly performative, outwardly express, more...

Colors:
    silver,     gold,     bronze,     teal,     turquoise, more...



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