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English Dictionary: outwardness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for outwardness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
outwardness n concern with outward things or material objects as opposed to the mind and spirit; "what is the origin of the outwardness of our sensations of sound, smell, or taste"; "an abstract conception with feelings of reality and spatial outwardness attached to it" Antonym(s): inwardness the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior; "the outwardness of the world" Synonym(s): outwardness, externality Antonym(s): inwardness a concern with or responsiveness to outward things (especially material objects as opposed to ideal concepts); "hearty showmanship and all-round outwardness" Antonym(s): internality, inwardness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Outward \Out"ward\, a. 1. Forming the superficial part; external; exterior; -- opposed to {inward}; as, an outward garment or layer. Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. --Cor. iv. 16. 2. Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is external; manifest; public. [bd]Sins outward.[b8] --Chaucer. An outward honor for an inward toil. --Shak. 3. Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war. [Obs.] --Hayward. 4. Tending to the exterior or outside. The fire will force its outward way. --Dryden. -- {Out"wardly}, adv. -- {Out"wardness}, n. {Outward stroke}. (Steam Engine) See under {Stroke}.