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—externally, adv./ik sterr"nl/, adj.1. of or pertaining to the outside or outer part; outer: an external surface.2. Med. to be applied to the outside of a body, as a remedy: for external use only.3. situated or being outside something; acting or coming from without: external influences.4. pertaining to the outward or visible appearance or show: external acts of worship.5. pertaining to or concerned with foreign countries: external affairs; external commerce.6. Zool., Anat. on the side farthest from the body, the median line, or the center of a radially symmetrical form.7. Metaphys. of or pertaining to the world of things, considered as independent of the perceiving mind: external world.n.8. the outside; outer surface; exterior.9. something that is external.10. externals, external features, circumstances, etc.; outward appearance; superficialities.[1375-1425; late ME; see EXTERN, -AL1]Syn. 1. outermost, exterior.
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