Meanings
comparative more exteriorly · superlative most exteriorly
- from the exterior, from outside
The church, which is situated near the centre of the town, exteriorly resembles a huge Dutch barn.
1849, Edwin Bryant, What I Saw in California - on the exterior, outside
The hotel was drab and decayed exteriorly; but the dining room was a continental elegance of marble, gilt, and mirrors.
1922, Edgar Lee Masters, Children of the Market Place1 more example
The first evidence of what it was about to be, was the appearance of the drapery establishments in the city on Saturday morning; the windows, exteriorly and interiorly, being one mass of crape and green ribbon--funeral knots, badges, scarfs, hat-bands, neckties, &c., exposed for sale.
1868, A.M. Sullivan, The Wearing of the Green
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Cite this entry
exteriorly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exteriorly
“exteriorly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exteriorly. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exteriorly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exteriorly.
Source: exteriorly on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.