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out⋅ward

  [out-werd]
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–adjective
1. proceeding or directed toward the outside or exterior, or away from a central point: the outward flow of gold; the outward part of a voyage.
2. pertaining to or being what is seen or apparent, as distinguished from the underlying nature, facts, etc.; pertaining to surface qualities only; superficial: outward appearances.
3. belonging or pertaining to external actions or appearances, as opposed to inner feelings, mental states, etc.: an outward show of grief.
4. that lies toward the outside; that is on the outer side; exterior: an outward court.
5. of or pertaining to the outside, outer surface, or exterior: to make repairs on the outward walls of a house.
6. pertaining to the outside of the body; external.
7. pertaining to the body, as opposed to the mind or spirit.
8. belonging or pertaining to what is external to oneself: outward influences.
–noun
9. that which is external; the external or material world.
10. outward appearance.
–adverb Also, outwards.
11. toward the outside; out.
12. visibly expressing one's inner feelings, mental state, etc.
13. away from port: a ship bound outward.
14. Obsolete. on the outside; externally.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE ūtweard. See out, -ward

Related forms:
out⋅ward⋅ness, noun
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out·ward   (out'wərd)   
adj.  

  1. Of, located on, or moving toward the outside or exterior; outer.

  2. Relating to the physical self: a concern with outward beauty rather than with inward reflections.

  3. Purely external; superficial: outward composure.

adv.  

  1. also out·wards (-wərdz) Toward the outside; away from a central point.

  2. Archaic On the outside; externally.

n.  The material or external world: "There is nothing here,/Which, from the outward to the inward brought,/Molded thy baby thought" (Tennyson).

[Middle English, from Old English ūtweard : ūt, out; see out + -weard, -ward.]
out'ward·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

outward 
O.E. utweard "toward the outside" (of an enclosure, surface, etc.), earlier utanweard, from ute, utan "outside" (from ut; see out) + -weard "-ward." Of persons, in ref. to the external appearance (usually opposed to inner feelings), it is attested from 1509 (implied in outwardly). Outward-bound "directed on a course out from home port" is first recorded 1602; with capital initials, it refers to a sea school founded in 1941.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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