Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OUT'WARD-LY
OUT'WARD-LY, adv.
- Externally; opposed to inwardly; as, outwardly content, but inwardly uneasy.
- In appearance; not sincerely. Many may inwardly reverence the goodness which they outwardly seem to despise.
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