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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
outwardness
    n 1: concern with outward things or material objects as opposed
         to the mind and spirit; "what is the origin of the
         outwardness of our sensations of sound, smell, or taste";
         "an abstract conception with feelings of reality and
         spatial outwardness attached to it" [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: outwardness, externality] [ant:
       inwardness]
    3: a concern with or responsiveness to outward things
       (especially material objects as opposed to ideal concepts);
       "hearty showmanship and all-round outwardness" [ant:
       internality, inwardness]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
outwardness \outwardness\ n.
   1. concern with outward things or material objects (esp the
      body and its appearance) as opposed to the mind or the
      spirit or ideal concepts; as, hearty showmanship and
      all-around outwardness.
      [WordNet 1.5]

   2. the quality or state of being outside or directed toward
      or relating to the outside or exterior; as, the
      outwardness of the world.

   Syn: externality.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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.
      [1913 Webster]

   Outward stroke. (Steam Engine) See under Stroke.
      [1913 Webster]

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