All 6 Uses of
external
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- And, indeed, this circumstance led to the catastrophe, the account of which forms the subject of my first introductory story, or rather the external side of it.†
Chpt 1
- Externally, Grigory was cold, dignified and taciturn, and spoke, weighing his words, without frivolity.†
Chpt 3 *
- What made his depression so vexatious and irritating was that it had a kind of casual, external character—he felt that.†
Chpt 5
- Moreover, that spiritual agony cannot be taken from them, for that suffering is not external but within them.†
Chpt 6
- But external decorum was still preserved and Father Paissy, with a stern face, continued firmly and distinctly reading aloud the Gospel, apparently not noticing what was taking place around him, though he had, in fact, observed something unusual long before.†
Chpt 7
- Soon they began to lay aside even external decorum and almost seemed to feel they had a sort of right to discard it.†
Chpt 7
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"