[adjective] [before noun; not gradable] - relating to how people, situations or things seem to be, rather than how they are insideHe is an odd mixture of outward confidence and inner doubt.The book details the outward circumstances of her life but fails to reveal anything of her inner self.The outward appearance of the building has not changed at all in 200 years.We now have the chance to build an outward-looking Europe that lives up to its global responsibilities.If he is suffering he certainly shows no outward sign of it.To all outward appearances everything was fine, but under the surface the marriage was very shaky.Compare inward.
OUTWARD
Meaning of OUTWARD in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012