inwardly

• POS: Adverb
• HYPHEN: in=ward=ly
• COUNT in NET: 4 in 4 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses) (in NT : 3 in 3 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

inwardly, adv. [AS. inweardlice.].

•  In the inner parts; internally.  [1913 Webster]

  "Let Benedick, like covered fire,
  Consume away in sighs, waste inwardly."  [1913 Webster]
•  Toward the center; inward; as, to curve inwardly.  [1913 Webster]
•  In the heart or mind; mentally; privately; secretly; as, he inwardly repines.  [1913 Webster]
•  Intimately; thoroughly.  [1913 Webster]

  "I shall desire to know him more inwardly."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

inwardly, adv.
1 on the inside.
2 in the mind or soul.
3 (of speaking) not aloud; inaudibly.

Etymology

OE inweardlice (as INWARD)

THESAURUS

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