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Definition
outside
in 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"
- Like other dwellers in the south, he was a man of sober habits and moderate desires, but fond of external show, vain, and addicted to display.Chapters 25-26 (47% in)
- I rely much on external impressions; perhaps, with regard to you, they are immaterial, but I should be no artist if I had not some fancies.Chapters 95-96 (9% in)
There are no more uses of "external" in The Count of Monte Cristo.
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