a. [ AS. inweard, inneweard, innanweard, fr. innan, inne, within (fr. in in; see In) + the suffix -weard, E. -ward. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
All my inward friends abhorred me. Job xix. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]
He had had occasion, by one very inward with him, to know in part the discourse of his life. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Then sacrificing, laid the inwards and their fat. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ AS. inweardlice. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Let Benedick, like covered fire,
Consume away in sighs, waste inwardly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
I shall desire to know him more inwardly. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. moving or directed toward the center or axis, especially when spinning or traveling in a curve. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n.
Sense can not arrive to the inwardness
Of things. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]
What was wanted was more inwardness, more feeling. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. See Inward. [ 1913 Webster ]
So much the rather, thou Celestial Light,
Shine inward. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]