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EXTERNALLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

With respect to the outside

Example:

outwardly, the figure is smooth

Synonyms:

externally; outwardly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Sense 2

Meaning:

On or from the outside

Example:

the candidate needs to be externally evaluated

Classified under:

Adverbs

Antonym:

internally (on or from the inside)

Pertainym:

external (happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The Local Protocol, Standard Cancer Center Information Summary for Cancer Center Support Grant Application, is a study conducted by the reporting Cancer Center primarily in its catchment area (including institutional trials, either exclusive to the Center or in collaboration with other Centers, industry-sponsored trials, and other externally peer-reviewed trials).

(Local Protocol Standard Cancer Center Information Summary, NCI Thesaurus)

Thanks to it, I was able to meet subsequent occurrences with a decent calm, which, had they found me unprepared, I should probably have been unequal to maintain, even externally.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)