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Externally
Definition
In a manner that is related to or located on the outside of something.
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Common collocations
- applied externally
- acting externally
- appears externally
- visible externally
- felt externally
- recognized externally
- perceived externally
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Usage note
This adverb refers to something originating from or acting on the outside. It is often contrasted with 'internally' or 'inwardly'.
Example sentences
- The bird was injured externally, with a broken wing.
- The car was damaged externally, with a dent in the door.
- The company's profits were affected externally, due to changes in the economy.
- The athlete's performance was judged externally, by a panel of judges.
- The medicine was applied externally, to the affected area.
Quotes
'Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions, externally.' - Dalai Lama
'What we see depends mainly on what we look for. ... In the same field the farmer will notice the crop, the geologists the fossils, botanists the flowers, artists the colouring, sportmen the cover for the game. Though we may all look at the same things, it does not all follow that we should see them.' - John Lubbock
'The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.' - M. Scott Peck
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