▪ I. inwardly, a. rare.
(ˈɪnwədlɪ)
[OE. inweardl{iacu}c, f. inweard internal + -l{iacu}c, -ly1.]
† a. = inward a. Obs.
| c 1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 338 Wið wifa earfoðnyssum þe on heora inwerdlicum [v.r. inweardlicum] stowum earfeþu þrowiað. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 45 Rechelis, for his swetnesse, bitocneð inwardliche bede. a 1225 [see inward a. 2]. 1504 Lady Margaret tr. De Imitatione iv. xvi. 280 Take a waye from my thought all the erthely and inwardelye thynges. |
b. Relating to what is inward or spiritual.
| 1820 Coleridge Lett., Convers., etc. I. Let. viii. 50 In moral, or if that be too high and inwardly a word, in mannerly manliness of taste the present age and its best writers have the decided advantage. |
▪ II. inwardly, adv.
(ˈɪnwədlɪ)
Forms: see inward adv.
[OE. inweardl{iacu}ce: see prec. and -ly2.]
I. In reference to situation or condition.
1. In, on, or in reference to, the inside or inner part; within; = internally 1.
| 1483 Cath. Angl. 197/2 Inwardly,..jntime. 1495 Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. xvii. lxxix. (W. de W.) Q iv b, Clowes..ben perfyte fruyte wyth sharpe sauoure..also moyst inwardly. 1580 Ld. Grey in Grosart Spenser's Wks. I. 473 Propped outwardlie like a hovel, and inwardlie slanting like a pentisse. 1599 Shakes. Much Ado iii. i. 78 Therefore let Benedicke like couered fire, Consume away in sighes, waste inwardly. 1617 Moryson Itin. iii. 154 More inwardly where..Rosse, and Southerland are seated, the..Mertæ of old inhabited. 1631 Jordan Nat. Bathes xvi. (1669) 154 Inwardly also Bath-waters are used, for Broths, Beer, Juleps, &c. although some do mislike it. 1660 Barrow Euclid iii. vi, If two circles inwardly touch one the other. 1719 De Foe Crusoe i. xiv, He had bled inwardly. 1770 Thorpe in Phil. Trans. LXI. 158 The characteristick of the chesnut trees decaying inwardly. |
b. With a voice that does not pass the lips; in low tones spoken to oneself; not aloud.
| 1530 Palsgr. Introd. 15 They make a maner of modulation inwardly. 18.. Wordsw. White Doe ii, He shrunk and muttered inwardly. 1859 Tennyson Geraint & Enid 109 Half inwardly, half audibly she spoke. |
2. Intimately, thoroughly; closely.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 52 Lo hu holi writ spekeð, & hu inwardliche hit telleð hu sunegunge bigon. c 1300 Speculum Guy Warw. 389 Hit greueþ euere mannes eiȝe, Inwardliche on hire [þe sunne] to se For hire grete clerte. c 1450 Lonelich Grail xxxv. 516 They behelden Abowtes ful Inwardly. 1579–80 North Plutarch (1676) 946 The people not looking so inwardly into it. 1584 J. Carmichael in Wodrow Misc. (1844) 422 Thai will deill moir invartly with hir Majestie nor with ony other foren prince. 1659 Milton Rupt. Commw. ¶1 Acquainting me with the state of Affairs, more inwardly then I knew before. 1660 Hist. Wars Scot. under Montrose ix. 69 When he came to understand him more inwardly. 1703 Penn in Pa. Hist. Soc. Mem. IX. 210 For my government I refer thee to the deputy governor, and my son more inwardly. |
b. Intrinsically, in its own nature.
| 1884 tr. Lotze's Logic 30 The line which divides what is inwardly coherent from casual accessions. |
3. In heart; in mind or thought; in spirit. (Hence implying ‘in reality, sincerely, at heart’, or ‘secretly’.)
| c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 39 Bute we inwarliche imilcien and forȝeuen þan monne þe us wreðeð. a 1300 Cursor M. 20754 ‘I tru’, he said, ‘it inwardli’. c 1485 Digby Myst. iv. 1035 Yit must myn herte wepe Inwerdlye. 1513 More Rich. III Wks. 67/2 Men had it euer inwardely suspect, as many well counterfaited iewels make y⊇ true mistrusted. a 1548 Hall Chron., Rich. III 53 Diverse other noble personages whiche inwardely hated kyng Richard. 1611 Bible Ps. lxii. 4 They blesse with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. 1666 Temple Let. to Bp. of Munster 19 Mar., I pretended to believe what I am told, tho' I am inwardly assured to the contrary. 1726 Law Serious C. xviii. (1729) 343 It is highly reasonable, that you should..appear outwardly such as you are inwardly. 1845 M. Pattison Ess. (1889) I. 26 The others laughing inwardly at the scene that was being acted before them. |
† b. In or from the inmost heart; with deep emotion or feeling; heartily, fervently, earnestly.
| a 1000 Boeth. Metr. xxii. 2 Se þe æfter rihte mid ᵹerece wille inweardlice æfterspyrian. c 1000 ælfric Hom. I. 58 Iohannes..symle syððan Drihtne folᵹode, and weard ða him inweardlice ᵹelufod. c 1200 Ormin 697 Þeȝȝ alle bædenn innwarrdliȝ Wiþþ bedess & wiþþ dedess, Þatt Drihhtin shollde lesenn hemm Ut off þe deofless walde. a 1225 Ancr. R. 282 Þet was þet lescun þet ure Louerd inwardlukest lerede alle his icorene. c 1440 York Myst. xxiv. 75 A! lorde, we loue þe inwardly. 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 7 b, They..can for his sake moost inwardly in herte despyse this worlde. 1632 J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Eromena 47 But I..am..disinabled herein (which at this present inwardly grieves me). |
II. In reference to direction or motion.
4. a. Towards the inside or inner part; = inward adv. 1 a. b. fig. Towards that which is within; into the mind or soul; = inward adv. 2 a. Now rare.
| 1667 Obs. Burn. Lond. in Select. fr. Harl. Misc. (1793) 447 We shut them inwardly, as well as possibly we could. 1697 W. Dampier Voy. I. 391 Cutting the upper part of the body aslope inwardly downward. 1822–34 Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 63 The ulceration stretched outwardly under the upper lip and nose, and inwardly to cheeks and throat. |
¶ 5. By some ME. writers, inwardly was used to render L. in- in composition, e.g. ‘to seek inwardly’ = L. inquīrĕre, ‘to call or clepe inwardly’ = L. invocare.
| a 1340 Hampole Psalter xix. 10 Here vs in þe light of trouth and luf, in þe whilke lyght we inwardly call þe [in die qua invocaverimus te]. 1382 Wyclif Ps. cxiv. 4 The name of the Lord I inwardli clepede [invocavi]. ― Isa. ix. 13 The Lord of ostes thei inwardlyche soȝten not [non inquisierunt]. |