inly
/ˈɪnli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Didst thou but know the inly touch of love Thou wouldst as soon go kindle fire with snow As seek to quench the fire of love with words."
- "I have inly wept, Or should have spoke ere this."
- "His offering soon propitious fire from heaven / Consumed with nimble glance, and grateful steam; / The other's not, for his was not sincere; / Whereat he inly raged,"
- "Thou hidden love of God, whose height, / Whose depth unfathom'd no man knows; I see from far they beauteous light, / Inly I sigh for thy repose:"
- "His heart inly relented,—there was a conflict,—but sin got the victory, and he set all the force of his rough nature against the conviction of his conscience."
- "What mortal, when he saw, / Life's voyage done, his heavenly Friend, / Could ever yet dare tell him fearlessly: / 'I have kept uninfring'd my nature's law; / The inly-written chart thou gavest me / To guide me, I have steer'd by to the end'?"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: inly, inlīc, inlīċe
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈɪnli/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more inly (comparative)
most inly (superlative)