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he inner parts; internally. Let Benedick, like covered fire, Consume away in sighs, waste inwardly. Shak.

To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.

elessly; as, to brazen the matter through. Sabina brazened it out before Mrs. Wygram, but inwardly she was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect. W. Black.

To lament; to bewail. [Obs.] They might the grievance inwardly complain. Daniel. By chaste Lucrece's soul that late complain'd Her wrongs to us. Shak.

To invoke damnation; to curse. "While I inwardly damn." Goldsmith.

omfort. Grant that we may in such wise hear them [the Scriptures], read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them. Book of Common Prayer.

Sharp-sighted as an eagle. "Inwardly eagle-eyed." Howell.

To kindle; to inflame; to excite. And flamed with zeal of vengeance inwardly. Spenser.

Felt inwardly; heartfelt. [R.] The baron stood afar off, or knelt in submissive, acknowledged, infelt inferiority. Milman.

Internally; inwardly.

Inwardly; within the enveloping surface, or the boundary of a thing; within the body; beneath the surface.

Inspecting within; seeing inwardly; capable of, or exercising, inspection; self-conscious.

Into, or toward, the mind or thoughts; inwardly; as, to turn the attention inward. So much the rather, thou Celestial Light, Shine inward. Milton.

To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.

or a full orchestra, consisting usually, like the sonata, of three or four contrasted yet inwardly related movements, as the allegro, the adagio, the minuet and trio, or scherzo, and the finale in quick time. The term has recently been applied to large orchestral works in freer form, with arguments or programmes to exp…

inion or circumstances; also, to trim, as between two parties. They might their grievance inwardly complain, But outwardly they needs must temporize. Daniel.

To feel titillation. He with secret joy therefore Did tickle inwardly in every vein. Spenser.

In the inner part; inwardly; internally. "The wound festers within." Carew. Ills from within thy reason must prevent. Dryden.

Within; inside; inwardly. [Obs.] Wyclif. [It is much greater] labor for to withinforth call into mind, without sight of the eye withoutforth upon images, what he before knew and thought upon. Bp. Peacock.