inwardly
advUK /ˈɪnwədli/ · US /ˈɪnwɚdli/
Etymology From inward + -ly.
1
In an inward manner; to or toward the inside or to oneself.
- Jacob groaned inwardly when he was called on to answer the question.
2
Obsolete Completely, fully.
- 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 perysshe1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “ij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVI:
- Related terms
- inwards