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exteriorly, adv.|ɛkˈstɪərɪəlɪ|
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
1. On the outside or surface; as regards the outside; superficially.
1595Shakes. John iv. ii. 257 My forme, Which howsoeuer rude exteriorly, Is yet the couer of a fayrer minde. 1669Woodhead St. Teresa ii. xxvi. 162 It scorched her exteriorly. 1707Curios. in Husb. & Gard. 49 New Parts uniting themselves exteriourly to the former. 1791Macie in Phil. Trans. LXXXI. 372 It was still white, both exteriorly and interiorly. 1879Glasgow Herald 8 Oct., Viewed as a whole, whether exteriorly or interiorly the..room is a remarkably fine architectural production.
2. With outward act; as regards externals.
1550Thomas Ital. Gram., Cofto, is the worshippe or honour that is exteriourly vsed towardes God. 1626T. H. tr. Caussin's Holy Crt. 269 Exteriourly applying your selfe to ordinary seruices. 1685tr. Bossuet's Doctr. Cath. Ch. Advt. 15 The Holy Ghost..establishes Pastors and Teachers to act exteriourly. 1751Chesterfield Lett. III. ccliv. 167 Endeavour to please every body, I mean exteriorly. 1872Borrow Gypsies of Spain (ed. 2) 101 They exteriorly accommodate themselves to the religion of the country.
3. In an exterior position or direction; as being outside something.
1877E. Caird Philos. Kant ii. xvii. 609 We have again to regard the cause, not as exteriorly related to the effect, but as identical with it. 1880C. & F. Darwin Movem. Pl. 513 Producing only 3 or 4 perfect flowers, which are situated exteriorly. 1882Q. Rev. Jan. 190 Each leaf is drawn in exteriorly to the first one. |