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inwardly

/ˈɪnwədli/IN-wurd-lee
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈɪnwɚdli/IN-wurd-lee

Meaningin an inner way

Common meaning: privately, inside one's mind

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Journey through time

  1. Old Englishinneweardsource
  2. Middle Englishinwardsource
  3. Englishinward‘inner’
  4. Englishformed in English from inwardinwardly‘privately, inside one's mind’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Formed in English from inward + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), INWARD, p.301 · scan

Source words

  • inneweard Old English · source word “on the inside”

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