From Middle English outwardes, from Old English ūtweardes; equivalent to outward + -s or .

• (America) IPA: /ˈaʊtwɚdz/
• (British) IPA: /ˈaʊtwədz/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈæotwɘdz/

outwards

1. From the interior toward the exterior; in an outward direction.
   • 1704, I[saac] N[ewton], “(please specify |book=1 to 3)”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. […], London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC ↗:

     Light falling on them is not reflected outwards.

2. (obsolete) Outwardly; (merely) on the surface.
   • 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC ↗, Matthew:

     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.

• outward

• inwards