{ Out"ward (?), 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.

Light falling on them is not reflected outwards.

Out"ward, a. 1. Forming 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.

2. Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is external; manifest; public. "Sins outward." Chaucer.

An outward honor for an inward toil.

3. Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war. [Obs.] Hayward.

4. Tending to the exterior or outside.

The fire will force its outward way.

-- Out"ward*ly, adv. -- Out"ward*ness, n.

Out"ward, n. External form; exterior. [R.]

So fair an outward and such stuff within.

• outer; located towards the outside
  
• toward the outside; away from the centre
       
• We are outward bound