Meaning of INWARDLY
| Pronunciation: | | 'inwurdlee
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| | Definition: | | [adv] with respect to private feelings; "inwardly, she was raging" |
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| | Synonyms: | | inside |
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| | Antonyms: | | outwardly | | |
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| | Definition: | | \In"ward*ly\, adv. [AS. inweardlice.]
1. In the inner parts; internally.
Let Benedick, like covered fire, Consume away in
sighs, waste inwardly. --Shak.
2. Toward the center; inward; as, to curve inwardly.
3. In the heart or mind; mentally; privately; secret?y; as,
he inwardly repines.
4. Intimately; thoroughly. [Obs.]
I shall desire to know him more inwardly. --Beau. &
Fl.
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| | Related Terms: | | by birth, by nature, centrally, congenitally, deeply, genetically, immanently, in, inland, inly, innately, inshore, interiorly, internally, intimately, intrinsically, inward, inwards, naturally, originally, primally, primitively, profoundly, under the surface, withinwards |
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