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English
Etymology 1
From Middle English outward, from Old English ūtweard, equivalent to out + -ward.
Pronunciation
Adjective
outward (comparative more outward, superlative most outward)
- outer; located towards the outside
- 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.
c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , 2nd edition, part 1, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:Noble and milde this Perſean ſeemes to be,
If outward habit Iudge the inward man.
- Tending to the exterior or outside.
- (obsolete) Foreign; not civil or intestine.
Translations
outer; located towards the outside
Adverb
outward (comparative more outward, superlative most outward)
- Towards the outside; away from the centre.
- We are outward bound.
c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :The wrong side may be turned outward.
- (obsolete) Outwardly, in outer appearances; publicly.
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “iij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVIII: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- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Translations
toward the outside; away from the centre
Etymology 2
From out- + ward.
Pronunciation
Verb
outward (third-person singular simple present outwards, present participle outwarding, simple past and past participle outwarded)
- (obsolete, rare) To ward off; to keep out.
Etymology 3
Noun
outward (plural outwards)
- A ward in a detached building connected with a hospital.
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English ūtweard; equivalent to out + -ward.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈuːtward/, /ˈuːtwaːrd/
Adverb
outward
- outside (in the exterior)
- To an external location; outwards
- At the exterior; at a location away from one's home or homeland
- From an external perspective; seemingly.
- secularly; in a practical manner.
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Adjective
outward
- outside, outer, on the surface
- outward, toward the exterior
- Oriented towards the outside.
- Due to outside factors.
- In somewhere outside a given place or thing (especially of a country).
- Non-religious; lay
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Noun
outward
- The outside; the exterior
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