How to Use outwardly in a Sentence

outwardly

adverb
  • Though extremely nervous, she was able to remain outwardly calm during the interview.
  • Outwardly, their marriage seemed quite normal.
  • The two brothers may be outwardly similar, but their personalities couldn't be more different.
  • But on day eight, the fact that the calf is still outwardly that close to normal shows the calf still has a chance.
    Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2020
  • At the risk of being killed, Jews had no choice but to outwardly leave their faith.
    Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The white duck-bill N-95 mask comes in 2 sizes, small and regular, and is shaped outwardly in the shape of a duck's mouth.
    Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Buehler is outwardly more brash than Urías but said the two have become close.
    Dylan Hernández Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2021
  • The white duck-bill N95 mask comes in two sizes, small and regular, and is shaped outwardly like a duck's mouth.
    USA Today, 7 Jan. 2022
  • The Sport Slim Band doesn’t look outwardly rugged, so the band works just as well for casual use.
    Brad Moon, Forbes, 17 May 2022
  • In the film, Blanco is a man who, outwardly at least, seems to have it all together.
    Jamie Lang, Variety, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Baker said, outwardly at least, McCullers took the news in stride.
    Matt Young, Chron, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Tóibín, with a style as spare as Mann’s is ornate, brings a measure of warmth to an outwardly chilly figure.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Strangely, their life went on outwardly as normal for a while after that, though with a kind of silence at the heart of it.
    David Szalay, Harper's magazine, 24 June 2019
  • Romain is probably the most outwardly messy boy on the show.
    Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 29 Nov. 2021
  • Not that Kuzma or Harrell, at least outwardly, take any pride in that.
    New York Times, 24 Nov. 2021
  • In the end, the summit might produce very little outwardly.
    Washington Post, 20 June 2019
  • If there is any frustration with the time Senga needs to start the season, the Mets are not showing it outwardly.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 20 May 2024
  • Because Hawkins seemed so outwardly vibrant, his death shocked the world.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2022
  • At first, Exxon was outwardly cool with sharing Stabroek.
    Melvin Backman, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Its near-identical twin, at least outwardly, is the 914/6.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 1 May 2023
  • There’s more to the picture than some outwardly shameless players, though.
    Rita Katz, Wired, 30 Oct. 2020
  • But soon, our lives are about to start changing again — profoundly, and outwardly.
    Amanda Scriver, refinery29.com, 14 June 2021
  • So that means CEOs need to take a look inward before trying to appeal outwardly, Patrick says.
    Alena Botros, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The Democrats have been outwardly very cordial about Sinema leaving the Party.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Grandma Loosen was outwardly a staunch conservative — there were things that men and boys did, and things that women and girls did.
    Sarah Barker, Outside Online, 16 Apr. 2021
  • In the feature, Brown plays Princess Elodie, an outwardly typical damsel in distress who learns to fight for herself.
    Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Yet there are some who don’t wear them and others who are outwardly defiant in doing so.
    Kellie Hwang, SFChronicle.com, 1 June 2020
  • Greene would mark the first outwardly supportive politician of QAnon to be elected to Congress.
    Spencer Neale, Washington Examiner, 15 June 2020
  • The famed besties famously feuded during the show’s four-season run and ultimately had a friendship that outwardly seemed to go through many phases.
    Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 22 Sep. 2024
  • Hur said that there has not yet been a situation where an attendee has had an outwardly challenging experience.
    Michelle Lhooq, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024

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