EXTERNALLY Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

externally

adverb

Definition of externally

as in outwardly

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Recent Examples of externally When men receive testosterone externally, the body typically reduces — or even stops — its natural sperm production. — ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026 Survey insights can also help organizations shape their employer brand and tell more authentic stories externally. — Abigail Moncoeur, Hartford Courant, 15 Sep. 2026 Our team holds the company to a higher standard because our commitments are real, externally verified and impactful. — Quentin Bordage, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 Beyond what can be seen externally, which was intentionally kept to a minimum, the piece extends underneath the laces to enable greater lockdown. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026 Yet the demands of being F1’s most famous and successful team mean expectations, both internally and externally, will only be satisfied when the championship drought, dating back to 2008, finally ends. — Luke Smith, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Making everyone a potential spy or assassin was only an expedient way to destroy institutions internally and externally through financial incentives. — Finn Brunton, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026 North Korea has previously described the 600 mm system, known externally as the KN-25, as being able to deliver tactical nuclear warheads. — Joyce Lee, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026 Oyster shells—colored brown, gray, or white externally—have the roughest texture of the three bivalves. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for externally

Adverb

At once a world-class, supervillain-busting secret agent and a prototypically insecure adolescent, Kim Possible (Christy Carlson Romano) outwardly resembled a great number of female cartoon characters from the early aughts.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026
Nick is more extroverted, more kind of outwardly in your face, whereas Sam’s a little introverted.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of outwardly

Adverb

Mid-round, golfers head to the Halfway House for burger dogs and fish tacos, and the Links Margarita has apparently achieved something close to cult status among regulars.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026
The Soyuz rocket failure was apparently caused by a fire at the base of the booster about a minute before liftoff, according to the Encyclopedia Astronautica.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of apparently

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The question this decision supposedly turns on had quietly stopped being the right one.

— Aditi Khullar, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Not just the supposedly existential risk that AI leaders started recently claiming required a slowdown, but also risks from bad actors like hackers or terrorists wielding AI to attack either country’s infrastructure.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of supposedly

Adverb

Because Luann’s microphone has seemingly been surgically attached to her body, her toast goes on for over 35 minutes.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
After the event was disrupted by an armed intruder, the Administration and the association scheduled a July do-over, where Trump delivered a rambling speech indulging seemingly every tangent that sprang to mind, but his contempt remained apparent.

— Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of seemingly

Adverb

With 53% of US 18-to-29s favorable towards socialism but only 45% favorable towards capitalism, Gen Z evidently feel let down by capitalism.

— Luba Kassova, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026
Mahomes finished 15 of 27 for 184 yards, with two touchdowns and an interception that was quite evidently the result of a miscommunication with Xavier Worthy.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of evidently

Adverb

The Taliban’s return to power was swift, though preventing it had ostensibly been the entire point of the decades-long occupation, the bombs, the hundreds of thousands of lives lost.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
In the south, an array of militias and armed groups arose over the years, ostensibly to back the government against the rebels.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

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