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Inwardly   /ˈɪnwərdli/   Listen
adverb
Inwardly  adv.  
1.
In the inner parts; internally. "Let Benedick, like covered fire, Consume away in sighs, waste inwardly."
2.
Toward the center; inward; as, to curve inwardly.
3.
In the heart or mind; mentally; privately; secretly; as, he inwardly repines.
4.
Intimately; thoroughly. (Obs.) "I shall desire to know him more inwardly."





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... and conjectured its import, though he could not hear what was said; and he inwardly strengthened himself in his determination to keep the power he possessed over ...
— Uncle Tom's Cabin • Harriet Beecher Stowe
... the King and Queen could not bear the presence of he. Do you think he was overawed by they? Gude God! He was poison to their sight. They felt ill at ease before such a being—they shrunk into themselves, overawed by his intellectual superiority. They inwardly prayed to God that a trap-door might open under the feet of the throne, by which they might escape—his presence was ...
— Art in England - Notes and Studies • Dutton Cook
... summer had lost most of his chickens by a sparrow-hawk, that came gliding down between a faggot pile and the end of his house to the place where the coops stood. The owner, inwardly vexed to see his flock thus diminished, hung a setting-net adroitly between the pile and the house, into which the caitiff dashed and was entangled. Resentment suggested the law of retaliation; he therefore clipped the hawk's wings, ...
— The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 • Gilbert White
... while deeper longings pervaded my soul. While in this mood the most unusual vision flashed upon my eyes. Suddenly I forgot whither I was going and in wild astonishment I drank in the first view of Heaven. Inwardly I marveled that I had not seen at least a part ...
— Life in a Thousand Worlds • William Shuler Harris
... sat waiting for others to decide his future. He was as outwardly composed as he had been in Judge Rawle's chambers, but inwardly he was far more apprehensive. Out in the wilderness of the polar night he had had no chance for escape. Heading away from Kurt's rendezvous, Ross had run straight into the search party from the base, had seen in action that ...
— The Time Traders • Andre Norton


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