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n. The exterior wall; the outside surface, or appearance. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Forming the superficial part; external; exterior; -- opposed to inward; as, an outward garment or layer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. Cor. iv. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is external; manifest; public. “Sins outward.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

An outward honor for an inward toil. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war. [ Obs. ] Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Tending to the exterior or outside. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fire will force its outward way. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Out"ward*ly, adv. -- Out"ward*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Outward stroke. (Steam Engine) See under Stroke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. External form; exterior. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

So fair an outward and such stuff within. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. travelling away from a port or station; as, outward-bound ships. Opposite of inward-bound or inbound.
Syn. -- departing(prenominal), outbound, outward. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. (Botany) Developing away from an axis, as in a flower cluster in which the oldest flowers are in the center, the youngest near the edge. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. moving or directed away from center, especially when spinning or traveling in a curve. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. concern with outward things or material objects (esp the body and its appearance) as opposed to the mind or the spirit or ideal concepts; as, hearty showmanship and all-around outwardness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior; as, the outwardness of the world.
Syn. -- externality. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } adv. [ AS. ūteweard. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wrong side may be turned outward. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Light falling on them is not reflected outwards. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Outward bound, bound in an outward direction or to foreign parts; -- said especially of vessels, and opposed to homeward bound. [ 1913 Webster ]