noun
The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.
He's repainting the outside of his house.
Silenes of old swere little boxes, like those we now may see in the shops of apothecaries, painted on the outside with wanton toyish figures, as harpies, satyrs, bridled geese, horned hares, saddled ducks, flying goats, thiller harts, and other such-like counterfeited pictures at discretion, ...
The external appearance of someone or something.
Her outside was stern, but inside was a heart of gold.
The space beyond some limit or boundary.
Viewed from the outside, the building seemed unremarkable.
I in great Transport threw open the Door of my Chamber, and found the greatest Part of the Family standing on the Outside in a very great Consternation
The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.
It may last a week at the outside.
The part of a road towards the central division: towards the right if one drives on the left, or towards the left if one drives on the right.
On a motorway, you should always overtake other vehicles on the outside.
adj
Of or pertaining to the outer surface, limit or boundary.
The outside surface looks good.
Household drudgery, wood-cutting, milking, and gardening soon roughen the hands and dim the outside polish.
Of, pertaining to or originating from beyond the outer surface, limit or boundary.
1938 (believed written c.1933), H. P. Lovecraft, The Book, Dogs had a fear of me, for they felt the outside shadow which never left my side.
It is the witness to your state of mind, the outside picture of an inward condition.
Away from the interior or center of something.
As the centripetal force is an inverse function of the radius of the curve, it follows that the runner in the outside lane will be less affected than the runner in the inside lane.
Originating from, arranged by, or being someone outside an organization, group, etc.
The Board did not trust outside information about their rivals.
Positions in organizations are being vacated continually through death and retirement, promotion and demotion. Replacements may be drawn from the outside ("an outside man") or from within the organization.
Extending or going beyond the borders or scope of an organization, group, etc.
Although a marriage to "one of ours" was encouraged, an outside marriage was not condemned if it would be to a believer of a similar faith. Some of the immigrants' children married Australians and joined Australian Churches.
adv
To or in the outdoors or outside; to or in an area that is beyond the scope, limits, or borders of a given place.
I am going outside.
Residents of the city rarely ventured outside.
To or in the outdoors or outside; to or in an area that is beyond the scope, limits, or borders of a given place.
It is the prison that supports the image of the criminal […] he's lost when he's outside.
To or in the outdoors or outside; to or in an area that is beyond the scope, limits, or borders of a given place.
Taking off outside in the green.
Outdoors.
Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.
I slept outside last night.