Meaning of OUTWARD
| Pronunciation: | | 'awtwurd
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- [adv] toward the outside; "move the needle further outward!"
- [adj] relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind; "a concern with outward beauty rather than with inward reflections"
- [adj] that is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships"
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| | Synonyms: | | departing(a), external, outbound, outer, outgoing, outward-bound, outwards |
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| | Antonyms: | | inward, inward, inwards | | |
| | See Also: | | superficial | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Out"ward\, Outwards \Out"wards\, adv. [AS. ?teweard.
See {Out}, and {-ward}, {-wards}.]
From the interior part; in a direction from the interior
toward the exterior; out; to the outside; beyond; off; away;
as, a ship bound outward.
The wrong side may be turned outward. --Shak.
Light falling on them is not reflected outwards. --Sir
I. Newton.
{Outward bound}, bound in an outward direction or to foreign
parts; -- said especially of vessels, and opposed to
{homeward bound}.
\Out"ward\, a.
1. Forming the superficial part; external; exterior; --
opposed to {inward}; as, an outward garment or layer.
Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is
renewed day by day. --Cor. iv. 16.
2. Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is
external; manifest; public. ``Sins outward.'' --Chaucer.
An outward honor for an inward toil. --Shak.
3. Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war.
[Obs.] --Hayward.
4. Tending to the exterior or outside.
The fire will force its outward way. --Dryden.
-- {Out"ward*ly}, adv. -- {Out"ward*ness}, n.
{Outward stroke}. (Steam Engine) See under {Stroke}.
\Out"ward\, n.
External form; exterior. [R.]
So fair an outward and such stuff within. --Shak.
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