▪ I. innerly, a. Obs. exc. Sc. dial.
(ˈɪnəlɪ)
Forms: see inner a.
[f. inner a. + -ly1; cf. MHG. inner(c)lîch (G. innerlich), MDu. innerlijk.]
1. Inner, interior; inward, internal.
| 1434 Misyn Mending Life 118 Of þe inhirliest mergh of our hartis sall rise þe lufe of god. 1435 ― Fire of Love 39 Gostely gladnes & inhirly myrth. Ibid. 70 Syngand ful fare fro vtward melody to ful inhirly I ha flowne. 1825–80 Jamieson, Innerlie,..situated in the interior of a country. |
b. Intimate.
| 1866 J. Brown Horæ Subs. Ser. iii. 286 (Cent.) So mature, so large, and so innerly was his knowledge [etc.]. |
2. ‘Kindly, affectionate, possessing sensibility or compassion’ (Jam.).
| 1824 Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl., Innerly hearted, of a feeling disposition. 1825–80 Jamieson s.v., ‘She's an innerlie’ or ‘a very innerlie creature’. |
3. In-lying, not exposed; hence, ‘Fertile: applied to land’ (Jam.).
| 1868 Life Hugh Elliott ii. 73 We live on a drier soil and in a more ‘innerlie’ country. |
Hence ˈinnerliness, intimacy, closeness.
| 1888 Mrs. E. Lynn Linton in Pall Mall G. 2 Oct. 5/1 It was a friendship without the ‘innerliness’ of true cordiality. |
▪ II. ˈinnerly, adv. Obs. or rare.
Forms: see inner a.
[f. inner a. + -ly2; cf. MHG. innerlîche (Ger. innerlich), MDu. innerlike (Du. innerlijk).]
1. More within (obs.); inwardly, internally.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 3195 Sche tremblede and sykede inderly [v.r. inerly]. 1390 Gower Conf. I. 227 Whan she wist it inderly. 1435 Misyn Fire of Love 39 With flaume of fyre I am inhirly byrnd. 1555 Abp. Parker Ps. xlv. 133 They shall full nye be brought to hym..In palace there: most innerly, where kyng hymselfe doth lay. 1617 Moryson Itin. iii. 154 Then towards Murrey Frith..more innerly is the Gulfe Vararis. 1674 N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 27 'Tis given out that ghost, as well as the substance of body innerly, is such a thing, as is alwaies the same as much as God is. 1851 S. Judd Margaret ii. i. 198 A bunch of the white hardhack, a cream-like flower, innerly blushing. 1917 D. H. Lawrence Look! We have come Through! 50, I have been so innerly proud, and so long alone, Do not leave me, or I shall break. 1923 ― Ladybird 81 If you are true to me, innerly, innerly true, he will not hurt us. |
† 2. Earnestly; intensely, extremely. Obs.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 10843 Arþures folk..bysoughte God inderly [v.r. interly] To graunt Arþur þe maistri. 1382 Wyclif Isa. xxxiv. 6 The swerd of the Lord fulfild is of blod, innerly fattid it is with talȝ of blod of lombis. c 1440 Generydes 675 For certeyne she was right inderly fayre. |