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inwardly

adv
/ˈɪnwədli/UK/ˈɪnwɚdli/US

Etymology

From inward + -ly.

  1. inherited from inweard
  2. inherited from inward
  3. suffixed as inwardly — “inward + ly”

Definitions

  1. In an inward manner

    In an inward manner; to or toward the inside or to oneself.

    • Jacob groaned inwardly when he was called on to answer the question.

  2. Completely, fully.

    • whanne Percyual vnderstode that she was his veray syster / he was inwardly glad and sayd / faire syster I shalle entre therin / For yf I be a mys creature or an vntrue knyghte there shalle I perysshe

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA