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outwardly + adj.
outwardly 常放在形容词前，表示“从外表看、表面上”。
He remained outwardly calm despite his fear.
尽管心里害怕，他表面上仍保持镇定。
表面上；外表上
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表面上；外表上
in outward appearance; seemingly
He remained outwardly calm despite his fear.
尽管心里害怕，他表面上仍保持镇定。
表面上；从外表看。
Externally or on the outside, or on the surface.
向外。
Toward the outside
He was outwardly calm, but inside he was very nervous.
他表面上很镇定，但内心非常紧张。
She outwardly agreed with the plan, but she had serious doubts.
她表面上同意了这个计划，但心里有很大的疑虑。
Outwardly, the town looked peaceful and quiet.
从外表看，这座小镇显得宁静祥和。
outwardly 常放在形容词前，表示“从外表看、表面上”。
He remained outwardly calm despite his fear.
尽管心里害怕，他表面上仍保持镇定。
修饰动词时，outwardly 强调从外部或外观来看的情况。
The two buildings outwardly resemble each other.
这两座建筑外表上很相似。
放在句首作评论性副词，表示“从外表看”。
Outwardly, everything seemed normal.
表面上，一切似乎都很正常。
Not this
He is outside friendly, but actually he isn't.
Use this
He is outwardly friendly, but actually he isn't.
outwardly 表示“表面上”，不是地点“在外面”。句意是“表面上友好”，应使用副词 outwardly，而 outside 只表示位置“在外部”，不能表达“外表上”这层意思。
Not this
He appeared outward calm before the interview.
Use this
He appeared outwardly calm before the interview.
修饰形容词 calm 需要用副词 outwardly，而 outward 是形容词，不能修饰另一个形容词。outwardly 表示“外表上”，意为“看起来外表平静”。
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外表平静的
She remained outwardly calm despite the bad news.
尽管有坏消息，她外表上仍然很平静。
表面上正常的
The town looked outwardly normal after the storm.
暴风雨过后，这座小镇表面上看起来很正常。
外表自信的
He was outwardly confident but secretly nervous.
他外表自信，但内心紧张。
表面上高兴的
She was outwardly cheerful, but inside she felt lonely.
她表面上兴高采烈，但内心感到孤独。
外表友好的
They were outwardly friendly to the new neighbor.
他们对新邻居表面上很友好。
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out（外）+ward（朝向）+ly，像‘把外表朝外摆’，即‘表面上’。副词词尾-ly别忘了。
语域：neutral 常见场景：书面语、新闻报道、日常交流 多用于书面语和正式场合，但在日常对话中也可自然使用；主要强调外表或外部的表现，常与内心或实际情况相对照。
The listed words share the suffix -wardly, pronounced /wərdli/, the same unstressed ending as in outwardly (/ˈajtwədli/). They differ only in the stressed first syllable, so they are near rhymes rather than perfect rhymes. Watch out: the base word 'outward' (/ˈajtwərd/) has no final /li/ sound, and 'inward' similarly is a lookalike that sounds different.
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