inwardly en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ˈɪnwədli/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɪnwɚdli/ (US)
Etymology
Etymology tree English inward Middle English -ly English -ly English inwardly From inward + -ly.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) In an inward manner; to or toward the inside or to oneself.
Jacob groaned inwardly when he was called on to answer the question.
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(not-comparable, obsolete) 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
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “ij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVI: