Hypertext Webster Gateway: "outwards"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Outwards \Out"wards\, adv.
See {Outward}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Outward \Out"ward\, Outwards \Out"wards\, adv. [AS. ?teweard.
See {Out}, and {-ward}, {-wards}.]
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.
The wrong side may be turned outward. --Shak.
Light falling on them is not reflected outwards. --Sir
I. Newton.
{Outward bound}, bound in an outward direction or to foreign
parts; -- said especially of vessels, and opposed to
{homeward bound}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
outwards
adv : toward the outside; "move the needle further outward!" [syn:
{outward}] [ant: {inward}]
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