Outward /(?)/

Out·ward

Outward

adv.
  1. 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.
    Light falling on them is not reflected outwards.

Phrases & Compounds

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

Outward

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.
    An outward honor for an inward toil.
  3. Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war. [Obs.]
  4. Tending to the exterior or outside.
    The fire will force its outward way.

Phrases & Compounds

Outward stroke
See under Stroke.

Outward

n.
  1. External form; exterior. [R.]
    So fair an outward and such stuff within.