inwardly

/ˈɪnwɚdli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.73 in modern English

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adv

Obsolete

"Jacob groaned inwardly when he was called on to answer the question."
"whanne Percyual vnderstode that she was his veray syster / he was inwardly glad and sayd / faire syster I shalle entre therin / For yf I be a mys creature or an vntrue knyghte there shalle I perysshe"

Etymology tree English inward Middle English -ly English -ly English inwardly From inward + -ly.

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

inwards

inly inside

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How do you pronounce inwardly?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɪnwɚdli/.

What does inwardly mean?

In an inward manner; to or toward the inside or to oneself.

Where does inwardly come from?

Etymology tree English inward Middle English -ly English -ly English inwardly From inward + -ly.

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