out·ward 
(outwərd)
(outwərd)adj.
1. Of, located on, or moving toward the outside or exterior; outer.
2. Relating to the physical self: a concern with outward beauty rather than with inward reflections.
3. Purely external; superficial: outward composure.
adv. also out·wards (-wərdz)
Toward the outside; away from a central point.
[Middle English, from Old English ūtweard : ūt, out; see OUT + -weard, -ward.]
outward·ness n.