outward

[Out·ward]

That is going out or leaving

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Formmg the superficial part; external; exterior; -- opposed to inward; as, an outward garment or layer.

Adjective
relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind; "a concern with outward beauty rather than with inward reflections"

Adjective S.
that is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships"

Adverb
toward the outside; "move the needle further outward!"


adv.
Alt. of Outwards

a.
Forming the superficial part; external; exterior; -- opposed to inward; as, an outward garment or layer.

a.
Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is external; manifest; public.

a.
Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war.

a.
Tending to the exterior or outside.

n.
External form; exterior.


Outward

Out"ward, a. 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.
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.
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.
-- Out"ward*ly, adv. -- Out"ward*ness, n. Outward stroke. (Steam Engine) See under Stroke.

Outward

Out"ward, n. External form; exterior. [R.]
So fair an outward and such stuff within.

Formmg the superficial part; external; exterior; -- opposed to inward; as, an outward garment or layer.

External form; exterior.

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Usage Examples

Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.

Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.

Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.

It's how you look at beauty. Is it only an outward appearance with hair and makeup and a hot body, or is it something deeper than that?

Courage to continue comes from deeper sources than outward results.

Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearences.

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Other Usage Examples

Enthusiasm - a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience.

In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual strength of our Nation. As my high school teacher, Miss Julia Coleman, used to say: 'We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.'

Happiness is inward, and not outward and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.

A very intimate sense of the expressiveness of outward things, which ponders, listens, penetrates, where the earlier, less developed consciousness passed lightly by, is an important element in the general temper of our modern poetry.

All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.

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