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Antonyms for outward

Grammar : Adj
Spell : out-werd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈaʊt wərd

Definition of outward

Origin :
  • Old English utweard "toward the outside, external" (of an enclosure, surface, etc.), earlier utanweard, from ute, utan "outside" (from ut; see out) + -weard (see -ward). Of persons, in reference to the external appearance (usually opposed to inner feelings), it is attested from c.1500. Also as an adverb in Old English (utaword). Outward-bound "directed on a course out from home port" is first recorded c.1600; with capital initials, it refers to a sea school founded in 1941. Related: Outwardly; outwardness.
  • adj visible; for appearances
Example sentences :
  • And so she had resolved upon surrender—upon an outward surrender.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Mr. Gosse's return track leaves his outward track at this spot.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • You look in vain for any outward signs of profligacy or debauchery.
  • Extract from : « Sunday under Three Heads » by Charles Dickens
  • To all outward seeming, nerveless, emotionless, an abject creature.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • He was indifference personified, if one might judge from his outward appearance.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • The outward result was the same as in the case of her companion.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • When we saw a boat, we hailed and asked "if they were outward bound."
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • In the more obvious, outward sense, it had scarcely aged her.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • In truth, these storms of outward conflict were to him of small moment.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Indeed, he was so unused to looking at her that he might well have forgotten her outward appearance.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

Synonyms for outward

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