exterior

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Some exploring expeditions for short distances into the exterior were also started, but very few natives were met with.

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  1. adjective Outer; external: the exterior door.
  2. adjective Originating or acting from the outside: exterior influences on the negotiations.
  3. adjective Suitable for use outside: an exterior paint.
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  • In slightly worse shape than the average, she decided, at least as far as the exterior was concerned. —  Angelmass
  • Unlike the exterior, the inside was an unholy mess. —  RustyNail
  • Static clawed along the inside of his SPI armor and the exterior was a riot of colors as the photo-reactive circuits attempted to blend into the local Harlequin terrain. —  Eric Nylund - HALO 4 - Ghosts of Onyx (v1.0)
  • Having said that, the exterior is a means to an end. —  Jalopnik
  • Some of the books focus on the exterior, which is fine for modelers but not terribly interesting to me. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
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  1. Latin, comparative of exter, outward; see eghs in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also exteriour; from Old French *exteriour, later exterieur, French extérieur = Provencal Spanish Portuguese exterior = Italian esteriore, from Latin exterior, outward, outer, comparative of exter or exterus, outward, on the outside, foreign, from ex, out, + -ter, -terus, comparative suffix. Cf. interior. The corresponding L. superlative is extremus: see extreme.
 

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