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Recent Examples of outwardly
Akerman’s lovers are neither shy nor flamboyant but outwardly, practically assertive about the inner drives of their passions.
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025
Sometimes, in our community, we are not encouraged to express our feelings outwardly.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 28 Jan. 2025
Their outwardly tranquil and faithful domestic life exploded that winter.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025
Besides Obama and Bill Clinton, former President George W. Bush, who has not been outwardly critical of Trump, will be at the swearing-in ceremony.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025
Sometimes, in our community, we are not encouraged to express our feelings outwardly.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 28 Jan. 2025
Their outwardly tranquil and faithful domestic life exploded that winter.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025
Besides Obama and Bill Clinton, former President George W. Bush, who has not been outwardly critical of Trump, will be at the swearing-in ceremony.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outwardly
Adverb
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The main characters seemingly walk through the state in Season 5 and stay in Richmond for at least a week.—
Sabrina Moreno,
Axios,
21 Feb. 2025
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After all, a yearslong belief that demographic shifts, population growth and rapid urbanization had Democrats on the cusp of flipping the nation’s most populous Republican state was seemingly in tatters after November.—
J. David Goodman,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Each personality is trapped in this specific hell, a never-ending series of dentist appointments, eternal Christmas card-writing, constantly being in a plane apparently about to crash.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Among Filippelli’s many other notable accomplishments and achievements at YES, included him apparently borrowing strategy from Hall of Fame Yankees manager Casey Stengel, and instituting the Multi-Announcer Platoon System (MAPS).—
Bob Raissman,
New York Daily News,
1 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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Funds have evidently benefited from Applovin as an addition, as shares of the ad tech company have risen more than 24% in 2025.—
Sean Conlon,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2025
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The president evidently wants journalists to obey his guidance; repeat his words; follow his rules.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN,
12 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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These movements ostensibly supporting and elevating military service are also measures to keep veterans on a leash, the ISW said.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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Despite the vote and the city’s broader pledges to expand affordable housing options, signs of reluctance surfaced during discussions to nudge forward projects that would, ostensibly, advance that goal.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Feb. 2025
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The government responded with an affidavit, supposedly from a prominent general, saying that the land had to be cleared and fenced off for military reasons, to prevent terror attacks.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Nor had the West anticipated that the Houthis in Yemen, a supposedly ragtag militia that had received a large arsenal of missiles from Tehran, would be capable of bringing global shipping in the Red Sea to a near standstill.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Outwardly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outwardly. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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