All 3 Uses of
external
in
Bleak House
- Mr. Guppy and Mr. Jobling repair to the rag and bottle shop, where they find Krook still sleeping like one o'clock, that is to say, breathing stertorously with his chin upon his breast and quite insensible to any external sounds or even to gentle shaking.†
Chpt 19-21 *
- And now the neighbourhood, waking up and beginning to hear of what has happened, comes streaming in, half dressed, to ask questions; and the two policemen and the helmet (who are far less impressible externally than the court) have enough to do to keep the door.†
Chpt 31-33
- The Dedlock town house changes not externally, and hours pass before its exalted dullness is disturbed within.†
Chpt 55-57
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"