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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IN'WARDLY, adv. In the inner parts; internally.
Let Benedict, like covered fire,
Consume away in sighs, waste inwardly.
1. In the heart; privately; secretly. He inwardly repines. It is not easy to treat with respect a person whom we inwardly despise.
2. Towards the center.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: with respect to private feelings; "inwardly, she was raging" [syn: inwardly, inside] [ant: outwardly]

Merriam Webster's

adverb Date: before 12th century 1. in the innermost being ; mentally, spiritually 2. a. beneath the surface ; internally <bled inwardly> b. to oneself ; privately <cursed inwardly>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adv. 1 on the inside. 2 in the mind or soul. 3 (of speaking) not aloud; inaudibly. Etymology: OE inweardlice (as INWARD)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Inwardly In"ward*ly, adv. [AS. inweardlice.] 1. In the inner parts; internally. Let Benedick, like covered fire, Consume away in sighs, waste inwardly. --Shak. 2. Toward the center; inward; as, to curve inwardly. 3. In the heart or mind; mentally; privately; secret?y; as, he inwardly repines. 4. Intimately; thoroughly. [Obs.] I shall desire to know him more inwardly. --Beau. & Fl.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see inward

Moby Thesaurus

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