outwardly
adverb
uk/ˈaʊt.wəd.li/us/ˈaʊt.wɚd.li/in a way thatrelatesto howpeople,situations, or thingsseemto be,ratherthan how they are inside:
Outwardly, heseemedhappyenough.
The menledoutwardlynormallivesasfathersandhusbands.
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outward
- Heappearedoutwardlyannoyedat myremarks.
- Outwardly,theirmarriageseemedhappyandsecure.
- She is an outwardlyrespectabledoctorwho hascommittedterribleacts.
Seeming and purporting to be
- apparent
- appear
- as if/thoughidiom
- by the look(s) of thingsidiom
- come across
- come off
- outward
- parallax
- pass
- pass for sb/sth
- persona
- prima facie
- semblance
- so-called
- sound
- superficial
- superficiality
- superficially
- supposed
- surface