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externally

/ɪkˈstɜːnəli/ik-STUR-nuh-lee
/ɪkˈstɝnəli/ik-STUR-nuh-lee

Meaningin an external way

Common meaning: on the outside

Journey through time

  1. Latinexterus, -a, -um‘outside, foreign’
  2. Englishexternal‘outside’
  3. Englishformed in English from externalexternally‘on the outside’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from external + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), EXTERNAL, p.200 · scan

Roots

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