outwardadjective
uk/ˈaʊt.wəd/us/ˈaʊt.wɚd/outward adjective (ON OUTSIDE)
[ before noun ] 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.
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inward adjective
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Seeming and purporting to be
- apparent
- as if/though idiom
- by the look(s) of things idiom
- come
- come across
- come over
- face
- ostensible
- paper
- persona
- prima facie
- purport
- putative
- reportedly
- so-called
- sound
- supposed
- supposedly
- verisimilitude
- you can't judge a book by its cover idiom
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outward adjective (GOING AWAY)
away from the centre:
outward investment (= investment in other companies/countries)
We have the chance to build an outward-looking Europe that lives up to its global responsibilities.
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inward adjective
[ before noun ] going towards a particular place, rather than returning from it:
The outward flight/journey took eight hours.
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return noun
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From, out and outside
- al fresco
- breath
- door
- exogenous
- exterior
- external
- from
- open-air
- out
- out
- out and about idiom
- out of 2
- outdoor
- outdoors
- outer
- outside
- outwards
- outwith
- thence
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outwardly
adverb uk/ˈaʊt.wəd.li/us/ˈaʊt.wɚd.li/
Outwardly, he seemed happy enough.
outward[ adverb ]
uk/ˈaʊt.wəd/us/ˈaʊt.wɚd/mainly US → outwards
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From, out and outside
- al fresco
- breath
- door
- exogenous
- exterior
- external
- from
- open-air
- out
- out
- out and about idiom
- out of 2
- outdoor
- outdoors
- outer
- outside
- outwards
- outwith
- thence
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