insidely

English

Etymology

From inside + -ly.

Adverb

insidely (comparative more insidely, superlative most insidely)

  1. In an inside or internal manner; internally.
    • 1843, John Warden Robberds, Robert Southey, Sir Walter Scott, A memoir of the life and writings of the late William Taylor:
      You say something outsidely rude and insidely civil about its being my choice to edit; []
    • 1920, Willard Carver, Psycho-bio-physiology:
      That is mentally—outsidely, but not insidely. You have not relaxed down through your body at all.
    • 1922, Painting & Decorating Contractors of America, National painters magazine:
      Five new members in the Connecticut club were taken on a selling campaign, over the hurdles of a couple of shrewd, hard boiled, insidely informed partners in a paint and wallpaper store — one of the roughest trips the quintet ever []
    • 1986, Harley Granville-Barker, Eric Salmon, Granville Barker and his correspondents:
      And all it means: yet it begins "outsidely", like any other day; even "insidely" — oh, yes, deep inside one, it is different.

Antonyms

  • outsidely

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