outwards
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EtymologyEdit
From Middle English outwardes, from Old English ūtweardes; equivalent to outward + -s. Cognate with German auswärts.
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outwards (comparative more outwards, superlative most outwards)
- From the interior toward the exterior; in an outward direction.
- 1704, Isaac Newton, Opticks:
- Light falling on them is not reflected outwards.
- (obsolete) Outwardly; (merely) on the surface.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XXIII:
- Wo be to you scrybes, and pharises ypocrites, for ye are lyke unto paynted tombes which appere beautyfull outwardes: but are within full off deed mens bones and of all fylthynes.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XXIII:
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outwards
- Alternative form of outwardes