Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Outward

Outward , adverb

[Anglo-Saxon ūteweard. 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. — Shakespeare
Light falling on them is not reflected outwards. — Sir I. Newton
Collocations (1)
Outward bound , bound in an outward direction or to foreign parts; -- said especially of vessels, and opposed to homeward bound.

Also: Outwards

Outward , adjective

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.
Sins outward. — Chaucer
An outward honor for an inward toil. — Shakespeare
3.
Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war. [Obsolete] — Hayward
4.
Tending to the exterior or outside.
The fire will force its outward way. — Dryden
Collocations (1)
Outward stroke (Steam Engine) , See under Stroke.

Outward , noun

External form; exterior. [Rare]
So fair an outward and such stuff within. — Shakespeare