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outward
adjective [before noun] (ON OUTSIDE) /ˈaʊt.wəd/
/-wɚd/ Definition
› relating to how people, situations, or things seem to be, rather than how they are inside: The outward appearance of the building has not changed at all in 200 years. If he is suffering, he certainly shows no outward sign of it. To all outward appearances everything was fine, but under the surface the marriage was very shaky. → Compare inward adjectiveSeeming and purporting to beFaking and pretending outwardly
/-li/ adverb › Outwardly, he seemed happy enough.Seeming and purporting to beFaking and pretending
(Definition of outward adjective (ON OUTSIDE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- apparent adjective
- appear verb (SEEM)
- as if/though idiom
- by the look(s) of things idiom
- come across phrasal verb (BEHAVE)
- come over phrasal verb (SEEM)
- formal adjective (OFFICIAL)
- on the face of it idiom
- ostensible adjective
- persona noun
- prima facie adjective
- putative adjective
- seemingly adverb
- semblance noun
- so-called adjective
- superficial adjective (FALSE APPEARANCE)
- supposed adjective (OTHERS' OPINION)
- supposedly adverb
- surface adjective (APPEARANCE)
- surface noun (APPEARANCE)
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