inwardly

Adverb

Meaning

In the inner parts; internally.

Toward the center; inward; as, to curve inwardly.

In the heart or mind; mentally; privately; secret/y; as, he inwardly repines.

Intimately; thoroughly.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

inside within internal naturally secretly internally fundamentally inward mentally intrinsically intuitively spiritually intimately intellectually rationally
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Antonyms

outwardly hard apparently openly badly hardly
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Phrases with the word

inwardly-facing felt inwardly groan inwardly chafe inwardly keen inwardly

Examples

Remember that God, during your prayers, is watching for your affirmative answer to the question which He is inwardly asking you: 'Do you believe I am able to do this?' To which question you must from the depth of your heart reply, 'Yes, Lord' John of Kronstadt

You may take great comfort from the fact that suffering inwardly for the sake of truth proves abundantly that one loves it and marks one out as being of the elect. Ernest Renan

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. Plutarch

The wisest man could ask no more of fate Than to be simple, modest, manly, true, Safe from the many, honored by the few Nothing to court in Church, or World, or State, But inwardly in secret to be great. James Russell Lowell

The wound that bleedeth inwardly is the most dangerous. Arabic Proverb

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

inward-moving inwardlooking inwardlookingness inwardly-facing inwardmost inwardness