Outward

/ˈaʊt.wɚd/ · adjective

Meaning

Outer; located towards the outside..

Definitions by Sense

1. Outer; located towards the outside.
2. Visible, noticeable.
3. Tending to the exterior or outside.
4. (obsolete) Foreign; not civil or intestine.
5. Towards the outside; away from the centre.
6. (obsolete) Outwardly, in outer appearances; publicly.
7. (nautical) Away from home.
8. (obsolete, rare) To ward off; to keep out.

Example Sentences

By all outward indications, he's a normal happy child, but if you talk to him, you will soon realize he has some psychological problems.

Noble and milde this Perſean ſeemes to be, If outward habit Iudge the inward man.

The fire will force its outward way.

an outward war

We are outward bound.

The wrong side may be turned outward.

ANd thenne the quene lete make a preuy dyner in london vnto the knyȝtes of the round table / and al was for to shewe outward that she had as grete Ioye in al other knyghtes of the table round as she had in sir launcelot / al only at that dyner she had sir Gawayne and his bretheren

Ne any armour could his dint out-ward; / But wheresoever it did light, it throughly shard.

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Word Forms

• more outward
• most outward
• outwards
• outwarding
• outwarded

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