Definitions for: Inward


[adv] toward the center or interior; "move the needle further inwards!"
[adv] to or toward the inside of; "come in"; "smash in the door"
[adj] relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts; "a concern with inward reflections"
[adj] directed or moving inward or toward a center; "the inbound train"; "inward flood of capital"



Webster (1913) Definition: In"ward, a. [AS. inweard, inneweard, innanweard, fr.
innan, inne, within (fr. in in; see In) + the suffix
-weard, E. -ward.]
1. Being or placed within; inner; interior; -- opposed to
outward. --Milton.

2. Seated in the mind, heart, spirit, or soul. ``Inward
beauty.'' --Shak.

3. Intimate; domestic; private. [Obs.]

All my inward friends abhorred me. --Job xix. 19.

He had had occasion, by one very inward with him, to
know in part the discourse of his life. --Sir P.
Sidney.


In"ward, n.
1. That which is inward or within; especially, in the plural,
the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera. --Jer.
Taylor.

Then sacrificing, laid the inwards and their fat.
--Milton.

2. The mental faculties; -- usually pl. [Obs.]

3. An intimate or familiar friend or acquaintance. [Obs.] ``I
was an inward of his.'' --Shak.


In"ward, Inwards In"wards, adv. [AS. inweard. The
ending -s is prop. a genitive ending. See Inward, a.,
-wards.]
1. Toward the inside; toward the center or interior; as, to
bend a thing inward.

2. Into, or toward, the mind or thoughts; inwardly; as, to
turn the attention inward.

So much the rather, thou Celestial Light, Shine
inward. --Milton.

Synonyms: arriving(a), in, inbound, incoming, indwelling, inmost, inner, innermost, interior, internal, inwards, private, secret, self-whispered

Antonyms: outward, outward, outwards

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