inwardly

From inward +‎ -ly.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnwədli/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnwɚdli/

inwardly (not comparable)

1. In an inward manner; on the inside or to oneself.

   Jacob groaned inwardly when he was called on to answer the question.

2. (obsolete) Completely, fully.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter ij, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVI:

     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 perysshe

• inwards

• inwerdlic, inwardliche, inweardlice, inwardely, inwardli

From Old English inweardlīc; equivalent to inward +‎ -ly.

• IPA^(key): /ˈinwardliː/, /ˈinwaːrdliː/

inwardly

1. While at the interior
2. To oneself; to the mental or spiritual process
3. While having powerful conviction
4. While focused and concentrated
5. really, a lot

• English: inwardly

• “in-wā̆rd (adv.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-12.

inwardly

1. (rare) Located inside an organism
2. mental, related to thought

• “in-wā̆rdlī (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-12.

• outwardly