Inwardly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inwardly \In"ward*ly\, adv. [AS. inweardlice.]
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     1. In the inner parts; internally.
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              Let Benedick, like covered fire,


              Consume away in sighs, waste inwardly. --Shak.
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     2. Toward the center; inward; as, to curve inwardly.
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     3. In the heart or mind; mentally; privately; secretly; as,
        he inwardly repines.
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     4. Intimately; thoroughly. [Obs.]
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              I shall desire to know him more inwardly. --Beau. &
                                                    Fl.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inwardly
       adv : with respect to private feelings; "inwardly, she was raging"
             [syn: {inside}] [ant: {outwardly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "inwardly":
     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