by all appearances

You can't tell by my physical appearance what to think.

Most of the time, you really can't go by appearance.

By all appearances, the matter seems to be a done deal.

We recognize one another by the appearance of the face and the body.

Your mother may have said not to judge by appearances, but in this case, she was wrong.

Yet, by all appearances, he is a king without a country.

Well, all right, so he doesn't look like much, but you shouldn't judge by appearances.

Did you think, by appearances, he had been long in there?

He was, in fact, a little surprised by her appearance.

For this girl was quite dead, and by all appearances, it had happened recently.