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interiorly, adv.|ɪnˈtɪərɪəlɪ| [f. interior a. + -ly2.] 1. In or on the inside; with respect to the interior; internally, inside, within.
1758Jenty in Phil. Trans. L. 551, I found the lungs closely adhering to the ribs laterally, and posteriorly and interiorly close to the pericardium. 1804Carlisle ibid. XCV. 14 The skeleton..is placed interiorly, where the bulk of the animal admits of the bones being sufficiently strong. 1856Olmsted Slave States 386 Not more than twelve feet square, interiorly. 1894Baring-Gould Queen of L. I. ix. 98 The van was divided interiorly into compartments. 2. In, or with respect to, the inner or intrinsic nature of a thing; inwardly; intimately.
1633J. Done Hist. Septuagint (1685) 180 The Divine vertue that sustains and interiourly nourisheth all things. 1682Sir T. Browne Chr. Mor. iii. §15 To see ourselves interiourly, we are fain to borrow other Mens Eyes. 1866Reader No. 159. 29/3 Exteriorly difficult and interiorly dangerous. 3. In, or with respect to, the inner nature, mind, or soul; inwardly; mentally or spiritually.
1609Bible (Douay) Lev. i. comm., As the soule must interiorly worship God in spirite and veritie; so the bodie must also honour him exteriorly. 1657Divine Lover 67 If I hold my peace I shall interiorlie be tormented with insupportable bitternesse. 1750Chesterfield Lett. (1792) III. ccxxix. 39 Interiorly most people enjoy the inferiority of their (?) friends. 1863Mrs. C. Clarke Shaks. Char. xix. 481 Interiorly, morally, he is immeasurably below him. 1874H. W. Beecher in Chr. World Pulpit V. 140/2 There is given to men interiorly a moral constitution which is illumined by the direct influence of the Divine soul acting on ours. |