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# outwardly

«outwardly» in Mova's school dictionary: **on the outside, as others can see it, not as it is inside** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

Outwardly means on the outside, as others can see it, not as it is inside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outwardly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

how a person looks compared with what they feel or what is hidden inside

### examples

- Outwardly she looked calm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outwardly/#x1)
- The box was plain outwardly but full of gold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outwardly/#x2)
- He seemed happy outwardly, but he was sad inside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outwardly/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «outwardly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outwardly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.