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externally

adverb

Definition of externallynext
as in outwardly

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Recent Examples of externally 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 That distinction matters because many cybersecurity tools observe devices externally. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, PAHs form externally when fat and juices from the meat drip onto hot coals or flames, creating smoke that contains these harmful compounds, which adhere to the food, notes Proverbs-Singh. — Martha Stewart, 7 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for externally
  1. outwardly
  2. visibly
  3. apparently
  4. supposedly
  5. seemingly
  6. evidently
  7. ostensibly
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
  • Save full washes for underwear, socks, workout clothes and anything visibly soiled.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Crepe Control® Tightening Body Cream is a transforming treatment packed with peptides plus lifting and brightening agents to visibly tighten and even skin tone.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of visibly
Adverb
  • An attacker apparently rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the mosque, said Zulfiqar Hameed, the provincial police chief.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Or that the homework was apparently so mechanical that a machine could do it at all?
    — Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of apparently
Adverb
  • In a house that saw two grisly murders, and is supposedly haunted.
    — Steve Belanger, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Without anymore than that and taking into account several black eye losses for the conference, metrics the playoff committee supposedly uses like SOS and SOR will likely be dragged down.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of supposedly
Adverb
  • The difference between the two, is that Nikola seemingly has to be motivated to maximize his potential.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
  • But unlike the seemingly different ideas that Wilson is able to find absurd and poignant connections between in his documentaries, his other project while making the film is one that almost makes too much sense.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of seemingly
Adverb
  • Put another way—and this is evidently how Gray saw it—Kanarek was always complaining.
    — Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Her fortune evidently changed in 1987, when curator John Hanhardt included her in the Whitney Biennial.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of evidently
Adverb
  • Rubin presses play on a song, ostensibly without warning Carter.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
  • News of Loy’s demise barely makes it to Lamb, ostensibly because the death is deemed an accident, but Diana’s motives for keeping it under wraps are worth questioning.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of ostensibly

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