introvertedly

adv

introvertedly

adv

Etymology From introverted + -ly.

1

In an introverted manner.

Mind is not always in act, either toward the outer world, or, introvertedly, toward its own states.1857, Isaac Taylor, chapter 15, in The World of Mind, London: Jackson and Walford, page 217:
[…] a person would sit within and against the encircling walls, introvertedly sheltered and alone, looking toward the open sea.1959, Theodora Kroeber, The Inland Whale, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, pages 162–163:

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But there was little joy for him in Alfredo’s musicality. The boy – the man now – played introvertedly, for nobody’s pleasure but his own.2010, Howard Jacobson, chapter 2, in The Finkler Question, New York: Bloomsbury, page 60:

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