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▪ I. inwardly, a. rare.|ˈɪnwədlɪ|
[OE. inweardlíc, f. inweard internal + -líc, -ly1.]
†a. = inward a. Obs.
c1000Sax. Leechd. I. 338 Wið wifa earfoðnyssum þe on heora inwerdlicum [v.r. inweardlicum] stowum earfeþu þrowiað. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 45 Rechelis, for his swetnesse, bitocneð inwardliche bede. a1225[see inward a. 2]. 1504Lady Margaret tr. De Imitatione iv. xvi. 280 Take a waye from my thought all the erthely and inwardelye thynges.
b. Relating to what is inward or spiritual.
1820Coleridge Lett., Convers., etc. I. Let. viii. 50 In moral, or if that be too high and inwardly a word, in mannerly manliness of taste the present age and its best writers have the decided advantage.
▪ II. inwardly, adv.|ˈɪnwədlɪ|
Forms: see inward adv.
[OE. inweardlíce: see prec. and -ly2.]
I. In reference to situation or condition.
1. In, on, or in reference to, the inside or inner part; within; = internally 1.
1483Cath. Angl. 197/2 Inwardly,..jntime. 1495Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. xvii. lxxix. (W. de W.) Q iv b, Clowes..ben perfyte fruyte wyth sharpe sauoure..also moyst inwardly. 1580Ld. Grey in Grosart Spenser's Wks. I. 473 Propped outwardlie like a hovel, and inwardlie slanting like a pentisse. 1599Shakes. Much Ado iii. i. 78 Therefore let Benedicke like couered fire, Consume away in sighes, waste inwardly. 1617Moryson Itin. iii. 154 More inwardly where..Rosse, and Southerland are seated, the..Mertæ of old inhabited. 1631Jordan Nat. Bathes xvi. (1669) 154 Inwardly also Bath-waters are used, for Broths, Beer, Juleps, &c. although some do mislike it. 1660Barrow Euclid iii. vi, If two circles inwardly touch one the other. 1719De Foe Crusoe i. xiv, He had bled inwardly. 1770Thorpe in Phil. Trans. LXI. 158 The characteristick of the chesnut trees decaying inwardly.
b. With a voice that does not pass the lips; in low tones spoken to oneself; not aloud.
1530Palsgr. Introd. 15 They make a maner of modulation inwardly. 18..Wordsw. White Doe ii, He shrunk and muttered inwardly. 1859Tennyson Geraint & Enid 109 Half inwardly, half audibly she spoke.
2. Intimately, thoroughly; closely.
a1225Ancr. R. 52 Lo hu holi writ spekeð, & hu inwardliche hit telleð hu sunegunge bigon. c1300Speculum Guy Warw. 389 Hit greueþ euere mannes eiȝe, Inwardliche on hire [þe sunne] to se For hire grete clerte. c1450Lonelich Grail xxxv. 516 They behelden Abowtes ful Inwardly. 1579–80North Plutarch (1676) 946 The people not looking so inwardly into it. 1584J. Carmichael in Wodrow Misc. (1844) 422 Thai will deill moir invartly with hir Majestie nor with ony other foren prince. 1659Milton Rupt. Commw. ⁋1 Acquainting me with the state of Affairs, more inwardly then I knew before. 1660Hist. Wars Scot. under Montrose ix. 69 When he came to understand him more inwardly. 1703Penn in Pa. Hist. Soc. Mem. IX. 210 For my government I refer thee to the deputy governor, and my son more inwardly.
b. Intrinsically, in its own nature.
1884tr. Lotze's Logic 30 The line which divides what is inwardly coherent from casual accessions.
3. In heart; in mind or thought; in spirit. (Hence implying ‘in reality, sincerely, at heart’, or ‘secretly’.)
c1175Lamb. Hom. 39 Bute we inwarliche imilcien and forȝeuen þan monne þe us wreðeð. a1300Cursor M. 20754 ‘I tru’, he said, ‘it inwardli’. c1485Digby Myst. iv. 1035 Yit must myn herte wepe Inwerdlye. 1513More Rich. III Wks. 67/2 Men had it euer inwardely suspect, as many well counterfaited iewels make y⊇ true mistrusted. a1548Hall Chron., Rich. III 53 Diverse other noble personages whiche inwardely hated kyng Richard. 1611Bible Ps. lxii. 4 They blesse with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. 1666Temple Let. to Bp. of Munster 19 Mar., I pretended to believe what I am told, tho' I am inwardly assured to the contrary. 1726Law Serious C. xviii. (1729) 343 It is highly reasonable, that you should..appear outwardly such as you are inwardly. 1845M. Pattison Ess. (1889) I. 26 The others laughing inwardly at the scene that was being acted before them.
†b. In or from the inmost heart; with deep emotion or feeling; heartily, fervently, earnestly.
a1000Boeth. Metr. xxii. 2 Se þe æfter rihte mid ᵹerece wille inweardlice æfterspyrian. c1000ælfric Hom. I. 58 Iohannes..symle syððan Drihtne folᵹode, and weard ða him inweardlice ᵹelufod. c1200Ormin 697 Þeȝȝ alle bædenn innwarrdliȝ Wiþþ bedess & wiþþ dedess, Þatt Drihhtin shollde lesenn hemm Ut off þe deofless walde. a1225Ancr. R. 282 Þet was þet lescun þet ure Louerd inwardlukest lerede alle his icorene. c1440York Myst. xxiv. 75 A! lorde, we loue þe inwardly. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 7 b, They..can for his sake moost inwardly in herte despyse this worlde. 1632J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Eromena 47 But I..am..disinabled herein (which at this present inwardly grieves me).
II. In reference to direction or motion.
4. a. Towards the inside or inner part; = inward adv. 1 a. b. fig. Towards that which is within; into the mind or soul; = inward adv. 2 a. Now rare.
1667Obs. Burn. Lond. in Select. fr. Harl. Misc. (1793) 447 We shut them inwardly, as well as possibly we could. 1697W. Dampier Voy. I. 391 Cutting the upper part of the body aslope inwardly downward. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 63 The ulceration stretched outwardly under the upper lip and nose, and inwardly to cheeks and throat.
¶5. By some ME. writers, inwardly was used to render L. in- in composition, e.g. ‘to seek inwardly’ = L. inquīrĕre, ‘to call or clepe inwardly’ = L. invocare.
a1340Hampole Psalter xix. 10 Here vs in þe light of trouth and luf, in þe whilke lyght we inwardly call þe [in die qua invocaverimus te]. 1382Wyclif Ps. cxiv. 4 The name of the Lord I inwardli clepede [invocavi]. ― Isa. ix. 13 The Lord of ostes thei inwardlyche soȝten not [non inquisierunt]. |