Inward
['ɪnwəd] or ['ɪnwɚd]
Definition
(adj.) relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts; 'a concern with inward reflections' .
(adv.) toward the center or interior; 'move the needle further inwards!'.
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Definition
(a.) Being or placed within; inner; interior; -- opposed to outward.
(a.) Seated in the mind, heart, spirit, or soul.
(a.) Intimate; domestic; private.
(n.) That which is inward or within; especially, in the plural, the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera.
(n.) The mental faculties; -- usually pl.
(n.) An intimate or familiar friend or acquaintance.
(a.) Alt. of Inwards
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Interior, internal, inner.
ad. Within, inwardly, toward the inside.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Internal, interior, inner
ANT:External, exterior, outward
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Definition
adj. placed or being within: internal: seated in the mind or soul not perceptible to the senses as the 'inward part' of a sacrament: (B.) intimate.—n.pl. (B.) the intestines.—adv. toward the inside: toward the interior: into the mind or thoughts.—adv. In′wardly in the parts within: in the heart: privately: toward the centre.—n. In′wardness internal state: inner meaning or significance: (Shak.) intimacy familiarity.—adv. In′wards same as Inward.
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Examples
- My Lady turns her head inward for the moment, then looks out again as before. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In measuring time we cannot rely on our inward impressions; we even criticize these impressions and spe ak of time as going slowly or quickly. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Well, there is something in that, said the Rector, with his quiet, inward laugh. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I tried again to sleep; but my heart beat anxiously: my inward tranquillity was broken. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Any inward debate Lydgate had as to the consequences of this engagement which had stolen upon him, turned on the paucity of time rather than of money. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I am not responsible for her likes and dislikes, retorted Justinian coldly, although he heard this remark with much inward satisfaction. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- A breeze had sprung up, swaying inward the muslin curtains, and bringing a fresh scent of mignonette and petunias from the flower-box on the balcony. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Nothing could console her till the inward storm had had its way. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The rhapsody welled up within me, like blood from an inward wound, and gushed out. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The aneroid barometer is an air-tight box whose top is made of a thin metallic disk which bends inward or outward according to the pressure of the atmosphere. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It plained of its gaping wounds, its inward bleeding, its riven chords. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Here, as in other pumps of its type, the valves open inward rather than outward. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- At first Archer had fancied that this detachment was the disguise of an inward tremor; but her clear eyes revealed only the most tranquil unawareness. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It required some attention to hear him on account of his inward speaking and his lifeless manner. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I felt an inward power; a sense of influence, which supported me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The door slowly opened inward under his hand, and he looked into the room and said something. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- She listened with much inward suffering, but with great outward patience, to Harriet's detail. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I contended with my inward dimness of vision, before which clouds yet rolled. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Hence, after that outburst, his inward effort was entirely to excuse her, and to blame the hard circumstances which were partly his fault. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Its function is like that of a hinge, which allows the diaphragm to freely swing inward. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- When I turn my eye inward, I find nothing but doubt and ignorance. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- There is no swelling yet--it is inward. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She was as blind to his inward troubles as he to hers: she had not yet learned those hidden conflicts in her husband which claim our pity. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It was writhing with inward merriment. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- But I entreat your patience with one who is already bowed down by inward trial. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- That left foot of yours with its inward twist is all over the place. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- If Miss Brooke ever attained perfect meekness, it would not be for lack of inward fire. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Plato may describe the objects which man rejoices over, he may guide them to good experiences, but each man in his inward life is a last judgment on all his values. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The mind turns outward to truth; the emotions turn inward to considerations of personal advantage and loss. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I am not joking; I am as serious as possible, said the Rector, with a provoking little inward laugh. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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