Inwards
['ɪnwədz] or ['ɪnwɚdz]
Definition
(a.) Toward the inside; toward the center or interior; as, to bend a thing inward.
(a.) Into, or toward, the mind or thoughts; inwardly; as, to turn the attention inward.
(adv.) See Inward.
Inputed by Elsa
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Within, inwardly, toward the inside.
n. pl. Entrails, bowels, guts, viscera, intestines.
Editor: Timmy
Examples
- Thus, if the two extreme needles were deflected inwards, one towards the left and the other towards the right, they would point to the letter _A_ at the top of the rhomb. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- It was of no use a little man like Nathaniel Pipkin pulling the door inwards, when a great strong fellow like old Lobbs was pulling it outwards. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Editor: Timmy