Hypertext Webster Gateway: "outwardness"
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)
outwardness
n 1: concern with outward things or material objects (especially
the body and its appearance) as opposed to the mind and
spirit: "hearty showmanship and all-around outwardness"
[ant: {inwardness}]
2: the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or
relating to the outside or exterior: "the outwardness of
the world" [syn: {externality}] [ant: {inwardness}]
3: concern with or responsiveness to outward things (especially
material objects as opposed to ideal concepts): "hearty
showmanship and all-round outwardness" [ant: {inwardness}]
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