outward

adjective

1. 1

   Outer; located towards the outside.

2. 2

   Visible, noticeable.

   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.

3. 3

   Tending to the exterior or outside.

   The fire will force its outward way.

4. 4

   obsoleteForeign; not civil or intestine.

   an outward war

adverb

1. 1

   Towards the outside; away from the centre.

   We are outward bound.

   The wrong side may be turned outward.

2. 2

   obsoleteOutwardly, in outer appearances; publicly.

   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

3. 3

   Away from home.

verb

1. 1

   obsoleteTo ward off; to keep out.

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

noun

1. 1

   A ward in a detached building connected with a hospital.

Forms

plural

outwards

comparative

more outward

superlative

most outward

past tense

outwarded

past participle

outwarded

present participle

outwarding

third person singular

outwards