[out.ward] adj (bef. 12c) 1: moving, directed, or turned toward the outside or away from a center "an ~ flow"
2: situated on the outside: exterior
3: of or relating to the body or to appearances rather than to the mind or the inner life "~ beauty"
4: external
[2]outward or out.wards adv (bef. 12c) 1: toward the outside
2. obs: on the outside: externally [3]outward n (1606): external form, appearance, or reality