The outward feelings, qualities, or attitudes of someone or something are the ones they appear to have rather than the ones that they actually have.

The outward features of something are the ones that you can see from the outside.

An outward flight or journey is one that you make away from a place that you are intending to return to later.

If something moves or faces outward, it moves or faces away from the place you are in or the place you are talking about.

If you say that a person or a group of people, such as a government, looks outward, you mean that they turn their attention to another group that they are interested in or would like greater involvement with.