Hypertext Webster Gateway: "outwardly"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Outward \Out"ward\, a.
1. Forming the superficial part; external; exterior; --
opposed to {inward}; as, an outward garment or layer.

Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is
renewed day by day. --Cor. iv. 16.

2. Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is
external; manifest; public. ``Sins outward.'' --Chaucer.

An outward honor for an inward toil. --Shak.

3. Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war.
[Obs.] --Hayward.

4. Tending to the exterior or outside.

The fire will force its outward way. --Dryden.
-- {Out"ward*ly}, adv. -- {Out"ward*ness}, n.

{Outward stroke}. (Steam Engine) See under {Stroke}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

outwardly
adv 1: with respect to the outside; "outwardly, the figure is
smooth" [syn: {externally}]
2: in outward appearance; "outwardly, she appeared composed"
[ant: {inwardly}]


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