outward bound (outward bound)

Proceeding from a port or country: as, an outward-bound ship. outwardly (out'wärd-li), adv. 1. On the exterior or surface; outside; externally; hence, as regards appearance; visibly; perceptibly. They could not so carry closely but both much of their doings and sayings were discovered, although outwardly they set a fair face on things. N. Morton, New England's Memorial, p. 113. I' the name of truth, Are ye fantastical, or that indeed Which outwardly ye show? Shak., Macbeth, i. 3. 54. She is outwardly All that bewitches sense, all that entices; Nor is it in our virtue to uncharm it. Beau, and Fl., Captain, iii. 1. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Mat. xxiii. 28. 2. Away from the center; toward the outer part or outside: as, in entomology, a mark prolonged outwardly .