1.
[syn: outwardly, externally]
2. in outward appearance;
- Example: "outwardly, she appeared composed"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Outward \Out"ward\, a.
1. Forming the superficial part; external; exterior; --
opposed to inward; as, an outward garment or layer.
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Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is
renewed day by day. --Cor. iv. 16.
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2. Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is
external; manifest; public. "Sins outward." --Chaucer.
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An outward honor for an inward toil. --Shak.
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3. Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war.
[Obs.] --Hayward.
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4. Tending to the exterior or outside.
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The fire will force its outward way. --Dryden.
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n.
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Outward stroke. (Steam Engine) See under Stroke.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
outwardly
adv 1: with respect to the outside; "outwardly, the figure is
smooth" [syn: outwardly, externally]
2: in outward appearance; "outwardly, she appeared composed"
[ant: inside, inwardly]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "outwardly":
apparently, as it seems, at first sight, evidently, exteriorly,
externally, forth, officially, on the outside, on the surface,
openly, ostensibly, out, outside, outward, outwards, prima facie,
professedly, publically, seemingly, superficially,
to all appearances, to all seeming, to the eye, visibly, without