\In"ward\, a. [AS. inweard, inneweard, innanweard, fr.
innan, inne, within (fr. in in; see {In}) + the suffix
-weard, E. -ward.]
1. Being or placed within; inner; interior; -- opposed to
   {outward}. --Milton.
2. Seated in the mind, heart, spirit, or soul. ``Inward
   beauty.'' --Shak.
3. Intimate; domestic; private. [Obs.]
         All my inward friends abhorred me.    --Job xix. 19.
         He had had occasion, by one very inward with him, to
         know in part the discourse of his life. --Sir P.
                                               Sidney.

\In"ward\, n.
1. That which is inward or within; especially, in the plural,
   the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera. --Jer.
   Taylor.
         Then sacrificing, laid the inwards and their fat.
                                               --Milton.
2. The mental faculties; -- usually pl. [Obs.]
3. An intimate or familiar friend or acquaintance. [Obs.] ``I
   was an inward of his.'' --Shak.

\In"ward\, Inwards \In"wards\, adv. [AS. inweard. The
ending -s is prop. a genitive ending. See {Inward}, a.,
{-wards}.]
1. Toward the inside; toward the center or interior; as, to
   bend a thing inward.
2. Into, or toward, the mind or thoughts; inwardly; as, to
   turn the attention inward.
         So much the rather, thou Celestial Light, Shine
         inward.                               --Milton.