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What does "outward" mean?

Outward: Formmg 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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.2. Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is external; manifest; public. "Sins outward." Chaucer. An outward honor for an in ward toil. Shak.
  2. 3.Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war. [Obs.] Hayward.
  3. 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.
  4. 5.External form; exterior. [R.] So fair an outward and such stuff within. Shak.

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