Out·ward, a.
 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.”
    An outward honor for an inward toil.   --Shak.
 3. Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war. [Obs.]
 4. Tending to the exterior or outside.
    The fire will force its outward way.   --Dryden.
 -- Out*ward*ly, adv. -- Out*ward*ness, n.
 Outward stroke. Steam Engine See under Stroke.