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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of, located on, or moving toward the outside or exterior; outer.
  • adjective Relating to the physical self.
  • adjective Purely external; superficial.
  • adverb Toward the outside; away from a central point.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To or toward the exterior; away from some point in the interior of a space or body to one beyond its limits; forth; outside.
  • Away from port: as, a ship bound outward.
  • So as to be exterior or visible; out.
  • On the exterior; outwardly; externally; hence, visibly; apparently; seemingly; superficially.
  • noun A ward of a town or city outside of the original limits of the borough.
  • Directed toward the exterior or outside.
  • Of or pertaining to the exterior or outside; external; outer; extrinsic; formal: opposed to inward: as, mere outward change.
  • Beyond the limits or boundaries; hence, foreign.
  • In theology, carnal; fleshly; not spiritual: as, the outward man.
  • See the quotation.
  • noun External form; external appearance; the exterior.
  • noun That which is without; the outer or objective world.
  • noun A ward in a separate wing or building attached to a hospital.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare External form; exterior.
  • adverb From the interior part; in a direction from the interior toward the exterior; out; to the outside; beyond; off; away.
  • adverb bound in an outward direction or to foreign parts; -- said especially of vessels, and opposed to homeward bound.
  • adjective Forming the superficial part; external; exterior; -- opposed to inward.
  • adjective Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is external; manifest; public.
  • adjective obsolete Foreign; not civil or intestine.
  • adjective Tending to the exterior or outside.
  • adjective (Steam Engine) See under Stroke.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective outer; located towards the outside
  • adjective visible, noticeable

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb toward the outside
  • adjective that is going out or leaving
  • adjective relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English, from Old English ūtweard : ūt, out; see out + -weard, -ward.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

out +‎ -ward

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