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outward-bound |
outward-developing |
outward-moving |
outwardly |
outwardness |
outwards
| outwatch
| outway
| outwear
| outweary
| outweed
outwards
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial outwards has 1 sense
- outwards(r = adv.all) outward - toward the outside; "move the needle further outward!"
CIDE DICTIONARY
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. [1913 Webster]
"The wrong side may be turned outward."
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"Light falling on them is not reflected outwards."
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outwards, adv.
See Outward, adv. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
outwards
Exteriority
N exteriority, outside, exterior, surface, superficies, skin, superstratum, disk, disc, face, facet, extrados, excentricity, eccentricity, circumjacence, exterior, external, outer most, outward, outlying, outside, outdoor, round about, extramural, extralimitary, extramundane, superficial, skin-deep, frontal, discoid, extraregarding, excentric, eccentric, outstanding, extrinsic, ecdemic, exomorphic, externally, out, with out, over, outwards, ab extra, out of doors, extra muros, in the open air, sub Jove, sub dio, a la belle etoile, al fresco.
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