externally
On the surface
Externally means from or on the outside.
A building may be externally renovated while the interior remains unchanged.
Medicine applied externally goes on the skin rather than being swallowed.
Externally can also mean in outward appearance rather than inner reality: She remained calm externally, though her mind was racing.
Outermost boundary layer
- cosmeticSurface-level appearance enhancer
- shallowWithout much depth
- skin-deepAffecting only the surface
- cursoryHasty and incomplete
perfunctory · nominal · token · outward · apparent · seeming · ostensible · superficially
Beyond the boundary
offshore · outward · peripheral · outlying · beyond · outdoor · open-air · alfresco
To external appearance
- visiblyPerceptibly by sight
- conspicuouslyIn an attention-grabbing manner
- noticeablyIn an obvious manner
- observablyIn a perceptible manner
perceptibly · ostensibly · seemingly · apparently · manifestly · overtly · publicly · openly
Capable of being detected
- detectableCapable of being noticed
- visibleAble to be seen
- evidentClearly perceived or understood
- apparentClearly seen or understood
noticeable · discernible · recognizable · measurable · verifiable · objective · empirical · witnessed
Officially ordered or required
- regulatedMade to follow rules
- enforcedMade to be followed
- dictatedImposed without discussion
- requiredNeeded by rule
prescribed · compelled · controlled · governed · administered · decreed · stipulated · outsourced
surface
Outermost boundary layer
- cosmeticSurface-level appearance enhancer
- shallowWithout much depth
- skin-deepAffecting only the surface
cursory · perfunctory · nominal · token · outward · apparent · seeming · ostensible · superficially · gloss
outside
Beyond the boundary
foreign · offshore · outward · peripheral · outlying · beyond · outdoor · open-air · alfresco · environmental
outwardly
To external appearance
- visiblyPerceptibly by sight
- conspicuouslyIn an attention-grabbing manner
- noticeablyIn an obvious manner
observably · perceptibly · ostensibly · seemingly · apparently · manifestly · overtly · publicly · openly · presentation
observable
Capable of being detected
- detectableCapable of being noticed
- visibleAble to be seen
- evidentClearly perceived or understood
apparent · noticeable · discernible · recognizable · measurable · verifiable · objective · empirical · witnessed · documented
mandated
Officially ordered or required
required · prescribed · compelled · controlled · governed · administered · decreed · stipulated · outsourced · third-party
- directional adverbshorizontally, vertically, diagonally, laterally, longitudinally
externallyinternally
Within a body or system
inside · within · inwardly · indoors · interiorly
externallyinternally
Within a body or system
inwardly · deeply · privately · beneath the surface · at heart
externallyinternally
Within a body or system
domestically · intrinsically · inherently · from within · in-house
- external driveRemovable storage hardware
- external relationsConnections with outside parties
- external hard driveRemovable digital storage device
- external storageData saved outside computer
- external monitorStandalone screen for computers
- external bleedingBlood exiting through wound
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