In fact
In fact adverb - In reality or actuality.
Outwardly
Outwardly adverb - In outward appearance.
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Synonyms for Outwardly
In fact and outwardly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "In fact" instead an adverb "Outwardly".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- precisely and in fact
- precisely and outwardly
- really and in fact
- really and outwardly
- actually and in fact
- actually and outwardly
- truly and in fact
- truly and outwardly
- absolutely and in fact
- absolutely and outwardly
- positively and in fact
- positively and outwardly
- definitely and in fact
- definitely and outwardly
Both terms in one sentence
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In fact, despite their ability to look like anything they want, they can't look ugly because their outwardly projected appearance is a reflection of their good inner nature.
Source: Inhumanly Beautiful Race - Dwarves are outwardly a One-Gender Race; while there are both males and females under the armor (in fact, 90% of dwarf courting is working out whether the object of your affection is of a gender that you're interested in sleeping with), everybody is expected to act masculine.
Source: Fantastic Racism / Literature
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