[ adv ] toward the outside <adv.all> move the needle further outward!
Outward \Out"ward\, Outwards \Out"wards\, adv. [AS. [=u]teweard. See {Out}, and {-ward}, {-wards}.] 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.
The wrong side may be turned outward. --Shak.
Light falling on them is not reflected outwards. --Sir I. Newton.
{Outward bound}, bound in an outward direction or to foreign parts; -- said especially of vessels, and opposed to {homeward bound}.
Outwards \Out"wards\, adv. See {Outward}, adv.
Spreads bust outwards but augmented rather than reduced mine. Marks and Spencer Minimiser, polyamide / elastane, sizes 32-36D-E, 38C-E, 40C-DD Pounds 14. Spreads bust effectively but heavy underwire keeps under-arm line smooth.
We need to look outwards.' In its first incarnation, in the late 1980s, international expansion looked mainly to west.