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. - Shak. Light falling on them is not reflected outwards. - Sir I. Newton. Outward bound bound in an outward direction or to foreign parts; - said especially of vessels, and opposed to homeward bound.
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. - Shak.
	3.	Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war.
	4.	Tending to the exterior or outside. The fire will force its outward way. - Dryden. Outward stroke (Steam Engine) See under Stroke.
n.	1.	External form; exterior. So fair an outward and such stuff within. - Shak.

Adj.	1.	outward - relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind; "a concern with outward beauty rather than with inward reflections" Antonyms: inward - relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts; "a concern with inward reflections"
	2.	outward - that is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships" Synonyms: departing, outbound, outward-bound
Adv.	1.	outward - toward the outside; "move the needle further outward!" Synonyms: outwards Antonyms: inward, inwards - toward the center or interior; "move the needle further inwards!"

apparently, appearing, bodily, carnal, conventionalized, cortical, epidermic, evident, exomorphic, 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, 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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