Adjective

(en adjective)

Outside of something; on the exterior.

This building has some external pipework.

* Milton

Of all external things, / She [Fancy] forms imaginations, aery shapes.

* Shakespeare

Her virtues graced with external gifts.

Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial.

* Trench

The external circumstances are greatly different.

Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations.

external''' trade or commerce; the '''external relations of a state or kingdom

(anatomy) Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Obviously true by simple observation.

It was evident she was angry, after she slammed the door.

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, title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=26 citation , passage=Maccario, it was evident , did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them.}}