Found 2 items, similar to Outwardness.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: outwardness
outwardness
n 1: concern with outward things or material objects (especially
the body and its appearance) as opposed to the mind and
spirit;
“hearty showmanship and all-around outwardness”
[ant:
inwardness]
2: the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or
relating to the outside or exterior;
“the outwardness of
the world” [syn:
externality] [ant:
inwardness]
3: concern with or responsiveness to outward things (especially
material objects as opposed to ideal concepts);
“hearty
showmanship and all-round outwardness” [ant:
inwardness]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Outwardness
Outward
\Out"ward\, a.
1. Forming the superficial part; external; exterior; --
opposed to
inward; as, an outward garment or layer.
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Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is
renewed day by day. --Cor. iv. 16.
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2. Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is
external; manifest; public.
“Sins outward.” --Chaucer.
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An outward honor for an inward toil. --Shak.
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3. Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war.
[Obs.] --Hayward.
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4. Tending to the exterior or outside.
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The fire will force its outward way. --Dryden.
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Out"ward*ly, adv. --
Out"ward*ness,
n.
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Outward stroke. (Steam Engine) See under
Stroke.
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