IN'WARDLY, adverb In the inner parts; internally. Let Benedict, like covered fire, Consume away in sighs, waste inwardly 1. In the heart; privately; secretly. He inwardly repines. It is not easy to treat with respect a person whom we inwardly despise. 2. Towards the center.
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