INWARDNESS

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Internal or true state; essential nature; as, the inwardness of conduct. Sense can not arrive to the inwardness Of things. Dr. H. More.

2.
n.

Intimacy; familiarity. [Obs.] Shak.

3.
n.

Heartiness; earnestness. What was wanted was more inwardness, more feeling. M. Arnold.


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