outward Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind
    • a concern with outward beauty rather than with inward reflections
  2. adjective satellite that is going out or leaving
    outward-bound; outbound.
    • the departing train
    • an outward journey
    • outward-bound ships
  3. adverb toward the outside
    outwards.
    • move the needle further outward!

WordNet

Out"ward, Out"wards adverb (Also<
  • Outward
  • Outwards
)
Etymology
AS. teweard. See Out, and -ward, -wards.
Definitions
  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.
Out"ward adjective
Definitions
  1. Formmg 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. "Sins outward." Chaucer.
    An outward honor for an in ward toil. Shak.
  3. Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war. Obs. Hayward.
  4. Tending to the exterior or outside.
    The fire will force its outward way. Dryden.
    -- Out"ward*ly, adv. -- Out"ward*ness, n.
Out"ward noun
Definitions
  1. External form; exterior. R.
    So fair an outward and such stuff within. Shak.

Webster 1913