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adjective

Outward adj.

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."

Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is external; manifest; public. "Sins outward." "An outward honor for an inward toil."

Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war. (Obs.)

Tending to the exterior or outside. "The fire will force its outward way."

Outward stroke. (Steam Engine) See under Stroke.

adverb

Outwards, Outward adv. 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."

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

noun

Outward n. External form; exterior. (R.) "So fair an outward and such stuff within."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... blue. He wore a straw hat and a black tie. There was no broad band of crape on his hat or his sleeve. He had the poet's horror of parading grief, simply because it was considered fashionable to do so. He sincerely believed that outward mourning was obsolete, a custom ...

— Half a Rogue • Harold MacGrath

... money. They thought the turtles would come that way, and verified their opinion; on this, will and action were generated, with the result that the men turned the turtles on their backs and carried them off. Mr. Sweeting touched these men with money, which is the outward and visible sign of verified opinion. The customer touches Mr. Sweeting with money, Mr. Sweeting touches the waiter and the cook with money. They touch the turtle with skill and verified opinion. Finally, the customer applies the clinching argument that brushes ...

— Essays on Life, Art and Science • Samuel Butler

... his principal officers, according to his dying commands, carried his body to Quito that it might be interred beside the remains of his father Huana capac. Ruminagui received them in the most honourable manner, with every outward mark of affection and respect, and caused the body of Atahualpa to be buried with much pomp and solemnity, according to the custom of the country. After the ceremony, he gave a grand entertainment to the officers of the late unfortunate monarch, at which, when they were intoxicated, ...

— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. IV. • Robert Kerr

... not move, but sat twisting the tassel of his cane between his thumb and finger. He did not look full at Mr. Hurst, for there was something in his eye that quelled even his audacity; but when he spoke, it was without any outward agitation, though his miscreant limbs shook, and the heart trembled in ...

— Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 • Various

... grown accustomed to the tactful and gentle methods of John Crewys that it seemed to have become suddenly such an intolerable fashion? Sir Timothy had quite honestly believed tactfulness to be a form of insincerity. He did not recognize it as the highest outward expression of self-control. But Lady Mary, since she had known John Crewys, knew also that it is consideration for the feelings of others which causes the wise man to order his ...

— Peter's Mother • Mrs. Henry De La Pasture

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