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noun

outwardness n.

Concern with outward things or material objects (esp the body and its appearance) as opposed to the mind or the spirit or ideal concepts; as, hearty showmanship and all-around outwardness.

The quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior; as, the outwardness of the world.

Synonyms: externality.

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Etymology of 'Outwardness'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Outwardness" Quotes from Famous Books

... magic language, and had the other, finer bearing, both of which she could perceive, but could never attain to. The vicar moved in worlds beyond where her own menfolk existed. Did she not know her own menfolk: fresh, slow, full-built men, masterful enough, but easy, native to the earth, lacking outwardness and range of motion. Whereas the vicar, dark and dry and small beside her husband, had yet a quickness and a range of being that made Brangwen, in his large geniality, seem dull and local. She knew her husband. But in the vicar's nature ...

— The Rainbow • D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence