outwardly
Example Sentences
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“We wanted this book to be the opposite, where it’s actually outwardly interesting and smart, and then inwardly funny when it can be.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Advice for a burned-out breadwinner: A letter writer who’s outwardly successful by all measures—a wife, kids, a well-paying job—can’t stop dreaming about leaving it all behind.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
Worker Akopyan, a former soldier, tried to remain outwardly calm.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
They’ve proven themselves to be the most outwardly functional exes in Italy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
Inwardly Badenhorst must have been fuming, but outwardly he seemed chastened.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
