You use outwardly to indicate the feelings or qualities that a person or situation may appear to have, rather than the ones that they actually have.
例句
They may feel tired and though outwardly calm, can be irritable...他們或許會(huì)感到疲憊,雖然外表看似沒(méi)事,但可能很容易發(fā)火。Outwardly this looked like the beginning of a terrific programme but the stage was actually set for a major disaster.表面上,這似乎是開(kāi)啟了一個(gè)極棒的項(xiàng)目,但實(shí)際上卻是為一場(chǎng)大的災(zāi)難埋下了伏筆。