Careful Words

outward (adv.)

outward (adj.)

  An outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace.

Book Of Common Prayer: Catechism.

  Whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones.

New Testament: Matthew xxiii. 27.

What outward form and feature are

He guesseth but in part;

But what within is good and fair

He seeth with the heart.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834): To a Lady, Offended by a Sportive Observation.

O, what may man within him hide,

Though angel on the outward side!

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 2.

Hang out our banners on the outward walls;

The cry is still, "They come!" our castle's strength

Will laugh a siege to scorn.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Macbeth. Act v. Sc. 5.