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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Outward \Out"ward\, Outwards \Out"wards\, adverb [AS. [=u]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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Outwards \Out"wards\, adverb See {Outward}, adverb
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
outwards
adverb: toward the outside; "move the needle further outward!" [syn: {outward}] [ant: {inward}]
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