All 4 Uses of
external
in
Wuthering Heights
- They DO live more in earnest, more in themselves, and less in surface, change, and frivolous external things.†
Chpt 7 *
- I inquired, still preserving my external composure, in spite of her ghastly countenance and strange, exaggerated manner.†
Chpt 12
- It is to amuse myself that I dwell on such subjects as the lack of external comforts: they never occupy my thoughts, except at the moment when I miss them.†
Chpt 13
- I rose, and, from a gentlemanly idea of relieving his embarrassment, took up my station in the doorway, surveying the external prospect as I stood.†
Chpt 31
Definition:
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(external) outsidein various senses, including:
- coming from or existing outside a place, organization or thing -- as in "external trade"
- forming or relating to an outside boundary -- as in "external walls"
- on the surface or superficial as contrasted to something that is deep or complete -- as in "external appearances"