You use outwardly to indicate the feelings or qualities that a person or situation may appear to have, rather than the ones that they actually have.
例句
They may feel tired and though outwardly calm, can be irritable...他们或许会感到疲惫,虽然外表看似没事,但可能很容易发火。Outwardly this looked like the beginning of a terrific programme but the stage was actually set for a major disaster.表面上,这似乎是开启了一个极棒的项目,但实际上却是为一场大的灾难埋下了伏笔。