Outwardly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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        n.
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     {Outward stroke}. (Steam Engine) See under {Stroke}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "outwardly":
     apparently, as it seems, at first sight, evidently, exteriorly,
     externally, forth, officially, on the outside, on the surface,
     openly, ostensibly, out, outside, outward, outwards, prima facie,
     professedly, publically, seemingly, superficially,
     to all appearances, to all seeming, to the eye, visibly, without