Outward
['aʊtwəd] or ['aʊtwɚd]
Definition
(adj.) relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind; 'a concern with outward beauty rather than with inward reflections' .
(adv.) toward the outside; 'move the needle further outward!'.
Checked by Aubrey--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Typist: Ted
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. External, exterior, outer, outside.[2]. Extrinsic, extraneous, adventitious.
Typist: Nigel
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:External, apparent, visible, sensible, superficial, ostensible, forthcoming,extrinsic, extraneous
ANT:Internal, intrinsic, withdrawn, inapparent, inward
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Definition
n. a ward in a detached building connected with a hospital.
adj. toward the outside: external: exterior: not inherent adventitious: (theol.) worldly carnal—opp. to Inward or spiritual: (B.) public.—adv. toward the exterior: away from port: to a foreign port: superficially—also Out′wards.—n. Out′ward (Shak.) external form: the outside.—adj. Out′ward-bound bound outwards or to a foreign port.—adv. Out′wardly in an outward manner: externally: in appearance.—n. Out′wardness.—adj. Out′ward-saint′ed appearing outwardly to be a saint.
Typist: Suzy
Examples
- These were but the outward and visible symbols of his westering tendencies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I can understand content in such a case--though how the outward situation can attract him puzzles me. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- These mirrors are hinged at O O, and when swung outward rest by their external edges against the bar P, and then occupy the position shown by the dotted lines G′ G′. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The outward appearance of these two men formed scarce a stronger contrast than their look and demeanour. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The aneroid barometer is an air-tight box whose top is made of a thin metallic disk which bends inward or outward according to the pressure of the atmosphere. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- From the bottom of the cylinder a tube runs down into the well or reservoir, and water from the well has access to the cylinder through another outward-moving valve. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- We've been too busy to attend to mere outward appearances. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I don't deny your outward goodliness;—it is a pity your mind is not in keeping. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Here, as in other pumps of its type, the valves open inward rather than outward. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He turned and looked about him, sternly compelling himself to regain his consciousness of outward things. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- What is termed development is the gradual making explicit and outward of what is thus wrapped up. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- For this purpose a machine is made carried upon two wheels; the square surface has boards erected at the side, which, sloping outward, make a wider space above. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- We got through the dinner, to all outward appearance at least, happily enough. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- You may sculpture to the inch every portion of the human body, but that is only the outward semblance of the picture or the statue. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- She listened with much inward suffering, but with great outward patience, to Harriet's detail. Jane Austen. Emma.
- It was of no use a little man like Nathaniel Pipkin pulling the door inwards, when a great strong fellow like old Lobbs was pulling it outwards. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Grandfer Cantle, you turn the tick the right way outwards, and then I'll begin to shake in the feathers. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Mr. Lorry opened his hands, and extended them outwards with an argumentative smile. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Now the door opened outwards; and as the door opened wider and wider, Mr. Pickwick receded behind it, more and more. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Arguing in this way, from within-outwards, what do we reach? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Typist: Martha