inwards

adv
/ˈɪnwɚdz/US/ˈɪnwədz/UK

Etymology

From in + -wards.

  1. inherited from *innai
  2. inherited from inn
  3. inherited from *in
  4. inherited from in
  5. inherited from in
  6. suffixed as inwards — “in + wards

Definitions

  1. Towards the inside.

    • The underframe also carries four bonded-rubber mountings, focused upwards and inwards towards the centre of gravity to suspend the body shell.
  2. Archaic form of innards.

    • So I went up and down, and through the street, and down to the harbour-side, like a dog that has lost its master, with a strange gnawing in my inwards, and every now and then a movement of despair.
    • [A]nd the post mortem performed handily and swiftly right at the edge of the grave, so that the inwards which had caused the pig's death preceded him into the ground and he lay at last resting squarely on the cause of his own undoing.

The neighborhood

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