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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

apparent, apparently, appearing, bodily, carnal, conventionalized, cortical, epidermic, evident, exomorphic, exterior, exteriorly, external, externally, extraneous, extraorganismal, extrinsic, false, fleshly, foreign, formal, formalist, formalistic, formulary, forth, fringe, impersonal, legalistic, manifest, material, mundane, nominal, nonsubjective, objective, observable, obvious, on the outside, on the surface, open, openly, ostensible, out, outer, outermost, outlying, outmost, outside, outstanding, outward-facing, outwardly, outwards, over, pedantic, peripheral, physical, pretended, public, publically, roundabout, secular, seeming, shallow, skin-deep, stylized, superficial, superficially, surface, temporal, terrestrial, to all appearances, visible, without, worldly

Dictionary Results for outward:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

outward
    adv 1: toward the outside; "move the needle further outward!"
           [syn: outward, outwards] [ant: inward, inwards]
    adj 1: relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or
           the mind; "a concern with outward beauty rather than with
           inward reflections" [ant: inward]
    2: that is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an
       outward journey"; "outward-bound ships" [syn: outbound,
       outward, outward-bound]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Outward \Out"ward\, Outwards \Out"wards\, adv. [AS. [=u]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.
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         The wrong side may be turned outward.    --Shak.
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         Light falling on them is not reflected outwards. --Sir
                                                  I. Newton.
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   Outward bound, bound in an outward direction or to foreign
      parts; -- said especially of vessels, and opposed to
      homeward bound.
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3. 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.
      [1913 Webster] -- Out"ward*ly, adv. -- Out"ward*ness,
      n.
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   Outward stroke. (Steam Engine) See under Stroke.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Outward \Out"ward\, n.
   External form; exterior. [R.]
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         So fair an outward and such stuff within. --Shak.
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