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.
  • Buehler is outwardly more brash than Urías but said the two have become close.
    — Dylan Hernández Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2021
  • This year’s visitors did not come to pray, at least not outwardly.
    — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
  • But that’s not any of Peeke’s concern, at least not outwardly.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
  • At the risk of being killed, Jews had no choice but to outwardly leave their faith.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2022
  • At the risk of being killed, Jews had no choice but to outwardly leave their faith.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 19 July 2021
  • 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
  • The volcano has since calmed down, at least outwardly, and the airport has reopened.
    — Muktita Suhartono and Richard C. Paddock, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2017
  • But soon, our lives are about to start changing again — profoundly, and outwardly.
    — Amanda Scriver, refinery29.com, 14 June 2021
  • Because Hawkins seemed so outwardly vibrant, his death shocked the world.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2022
  • 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
  • There’s more to the picture than some outwardly shameless players, though.
    — Rita Katz, Wired, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Importantly, none of the kids seem outwardly upset, and many joke right back to the adults.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 23 Apr. 2025
  • In the film, Blanco is a man who, outwardly at least, seems to have it all together.
    — Jamie Lang, Variety, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Ne-Yo is in the era of embracing his truth, and that looks like being outwardly polyamorous.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Not that Kuzma or Harrell, at least outwardly, take any pride in that.
    — New York Times, 24 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • Nothing Roberts does, the first baseman said, is to be outwardly questioned.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Or, at least, not outwardly reacting.
    — Alex Zalben, IndieWire, 3 June 2026
  • But then shots—chic and outwardly polite shots but shots nonetheless—were fired, and the internet lost its mind.
    — Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, 17 June 2015
  • The ones who outwardly seek it the most are perhaps the most dangerous ones to be in the position, it's noted.
    — Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 27 Nov. 2024
  • To be frank, TikTok is full of outwardly bad wellness advice.
    — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 17 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • But outwardly there is belief among players that the goal of making the playoffs is still attainable.
    — Jose M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2021
  • 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
  • Outwardly, May showed no signs of yielding to that pressure Friday.
    — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 9 June 2017

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