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Webster 1913 Edition


Outwards

{

Out′ward

,

Out′wards

, }
adv.
[AS.
ūteweard
. 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
.
Shakespeare
Light falling on them is not reflected
outwards
.
Sir I. Newton.
Outward bound
,
bound in an outward direction or to foreign parts; – said especially of vessels, and opposed to
homeward bound
.

Out′wards

,
adv.
See
Outward
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition


Outwards

OUT'WARDS

,
adv.
1.
To the outer parts; tending or directed towards the exterior.
The light falling on them [black bodies] is not reflected outwards.
2.
From a port or country; as a ship bound outwards.

Definition 2024


outwards

outwards

English

Adverb

outwards (comparative more outwards, superlative most outwards)

  1. From the interior toward the exterior; in an outward direction.
    • Sir Isaac Newton
      Light falling on them is not reflected outwards.
  2. (obsolete) Outwardly; (merely) on the surface.
    • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XXIII:
      Wo be to you scrybes, and pharises ypocrites, for ye are lyke unto paynted tombes which appere beautyfull outwardes: but are within full off deed mens bones and of all fylthynes.

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