Outwards
['aʊtwədz] or ['aʊtwɚdz]
Definition
(adv.) From the interior part; in a direction from the interior toward the exterior; out; to the outside; beyond; off; away; as, a ship bound outward.
(adv.) See Outward, adv.
Editor: Lora
Examples
- 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.
Editor: Lora