Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Outward \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.'' --Chaucer.

            An outward honor for an inward toil.  --Shak.

   3. Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war.
      [Obs.] --Hayward.

   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}.

Source : WordNet®

outwardness
     n 1: concern with outward things or material objects (especially
          the body and its appearance) as opposed to the mind and
          spirit; "hearty showmanship and all-around outwardness"
          [ant: {inwardness}]
     2: the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or
        relating to the outside or exterior; "the outwardness of
        the world" [syn: {externality}] [ant: {inwardness}]
     3: concern with or responsiveness to outward things (especially
        material objects as opposed to ideal concepts); "hearty
        showmanship and all-round outwardness" [ant: {inwardness}]