I. noun
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calm
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So you see, beneath that calm exterior lies a highly unstable child.
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With her soft voice and her calm exterior , she absolutely would not let creditors off the hook.
cool
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There is little or no hint of the compassion and humanity which lay beneath the cool exterior .
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It all added up to the fact that below Silas's cool exterior there was warmth and compassion for others.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Belle finds a sweet soul behind his gruff exterior .
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the exterior of a house
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Any tumultuous exterior I offer is merely to draw the crowds.
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Beneath that assured exterior , thought Meredith, she's vulnerable.
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It smashed against the rusted freight car behind her, shattering the glass exterior and buckling the sensitive anode.
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The exterior of Linköping Cathedral is unimpressive.
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The concrete garden path has been bricked over and vines adorn the white-painted exterior .
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The dome is protected by a timber roof and is tiled on the exterior .
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The interior is still in ruinous condition though the exterior is fairly intact.
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With her soft voice and her calm exterior , she absolutely would not let creditors off the hook.
II. adjective
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■ NOUN
wall
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Drawbacks: The exterior walls get very hot during combination cooking.
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The framing went up, the exterior walls , the siding.
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The other side's the exterior wall of the castle.
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To let in light, the architects left a few gaps-windows-in the essentially monolithic exterior walls .
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On the outside of the same part of the Abbey, workers are busy renovating the exterior wall .
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These arches are visible on the exterior wall surfaces.
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The interior is unusual with columns set on circular plan but with flatter, straight sides to the exterior walls .
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In the exterior walls prison chambers still survive which are of Romanesque date, while the audience chamber possesses a fine wall-fireplace.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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exterior paint
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the car's sleek exterior design
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Drawbacks: The exterior walls get very hot during combination cooking.
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With the leap to exterior grandeur from the 1870s went a new concentration on the magnificence of the interior arrangements of stations.