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outwards

adv
/ˈaʊtwɚdz/US/ˈaʊtwədz/UK/ˈæotwɘdz/

Etymology

From Middle English outwardes, from Old English ūtweardes; equivalent to outward + -s or out + -wards. Cognate with German auswärts.

  1. inherited from ūtweardes
  2. inherited from outwardes

Definitions

  1. From the interior toward the exterior

    From the interior toward the exterior; in an outward direction.

    • Light falling on them is not reflected outwards.

  2. Outwardly

    Outwardly; (merely) on the surface.

    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at outwards. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at outwards. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at outwards

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA