Word Study
outward
CIDE DICTIONARY
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." [1913 Webster]
"Light falling on them is not reflected outwards." [1913 Webster]
outward, a.
- 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." [1913 Webster] - Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is external; manifest; public. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]"An outward honor for an inward toil." [1913 Webster]
- Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war. Hayward. [1913 Webster]
- Tending to the exterior or outside. [1913 Webster]"The fire will force its outward way." [1913 Webster]
outward, n.
External form; exterior. [1913 Webster]
"So fair an outward and such stuff within." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
outward, adj., adv., & n.
--adj.
1 situated on or directed towards the outside.
2 going out (on the outward voyage).
3 bodily, external, apparent, superficial (in all outward respects).
4 archaic outer (the outward man).
--adv. (also outwards) in an outward direction; towards the outside.
--n. the outward appearance of something; the exterior.
--adj.
1 situated on or directed towards the outside.
2 going out (on the outward voyage).
3 bodily, external, apparent, superficial (in all outward respects).
4 archaic outer (the outward man).
--adv. (also outwards) in an outward direction; towards the outside.
--n. the outward appearance of something; the exterior.
Idiom
outward bound
1 (of a ship, passenger, etc.) going away from home.
2 (Outward Bound) (in the UK) a movement to provide adventure training, naval training, and other outdoor activities for young people. outward form appearance. outward things the world around us. to outward seeming apparently.
1 (of a ship, passenger, etc.) going away from home.
2 (Outward Bound) (in the UK) a movement to provide adventure training, naval training, and other outdoor activities for young people. outward form appearance. outward things the world around us. to outward seeming apparently.
Derivative
outwardly adv.
Etymology
OE utweard (as OUT, -WARD)
THESAURUS
outward
apparent, apparently, appearing, bodily, carnal, conventionalized, cortical, epidermic, evident, exomorphic, exterior, exteriorly, external, externally, extraneous, extraorganismal, extrinsic, false, fleshly, foreign, formal, formalist, formalistic, formulary, forth, fringe, impersonal, legalistic, manifest, material, mundane, nominal, nonsubjective, objective, observable, obvious, on the outside, on the surface, open, openly, ostensible, out, outer, outermost, outlying, outmost, outside, outstanding, outward-facing, outwardly, outwards, over, pedantic, peripheral, physical, pretended, public, publically, roundabout, secular, seeming, shallow, skin-deep, stylized, superficial, superficially, surface, temporal, terrestrial, to all appearances, visible, without, worldlyROGET THESAURUS
outward
Extrinsicality
N extrinsicality, objectiveness, non ego, extraneousness, accident, appearance, phenomenon, derived from without, objective, extrinsic, extrinsical, extraneous, modal, adventitious, ascititious, adscititious, incidental, accidental, nonessential, contingent, fortuitous, implanted, ingrafted, inculcated, infused, outward, apparent, extrinsically.Exteriority
N exteriority, outside, exterior, surface, superficies, skin, superstratum, disk, disc, face, facet, extrados, excentricity, eccentricity, circumjacence, exterior, external, outer most, outward, outlying, outside, outdoor, round about, extramural, extralimitary, extramundane, superficial, skin-deep, frontal, discoid, extraregarding, excentric, eccentric, outstanding, extrinsic, ecdemic, exomorphic, externally, out, with out, over, outwards, ab extra, out of doors, extra muros, in the open air, sub Jove, sub dio, a la belle etoile, al fresco.For further exploring for "outward" in Webster Dictionary Online
