[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

outward \out"ward\, n.
   external form; exterior. r.
   1913 webster

         so fair an outward and such stuff within. --shak.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

outward \out"ward\, outwards \out"wards\, adv. as. =uteweard.
   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
see also:
out -ward -wards outward bound homeward bound 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

outward \out"ward\, 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"wardly, adv. -- out"wardness,
      n.
      1913 webster

   outward stroke. steam engine see under stroke.
      1913 webster
see also:
inward out"wardly out"wardness outward stroke stroke 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

outward
     adj 1: relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or
            the mind; "a concern with outward beauty rather than
            with inward reflections" ant: inward
     2: that is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an
        outward journey"; "outward-bound ships" syn: departinga,
         outbound, outward-bound
     adv : toward the outside; "move the needle further outward" syn:
            outwards ant: inward
see also:
inward departinga outbound outward-bound outwards 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

73 moby thesaurus words for "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, worldly

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