English Dictionary: outwards | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Outward \Out"ward\, Outwards \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. --Shak. 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}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Outwards \Out"wards\, adv. See {Outward}, adv. |