Definitions for inward

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inward in·ward

Spelling: [in-werd]

IPA: /ˈɪn wərd/

Inward is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 109 anagrams from letters in inward (adinrw).

Definitions for inward

noun

1. the inward or internal part; the inside.
2. inwards, the inward parts of the body; entrails; innards.

adverb

1. toward the inside, interior, or center, as of a place, space, or body.
2. into or toward the mind or soul:
3. Obsolete. on the inside or interior. in the mind or soul; mentally or spiritually.

adjective

1. proceeding or directed toward the inside or interior.
2. situated within or in or on the inside; inner; internal:
3. pertaining to the inside or inner part.
4. located within the body:
5. pertaining to the inside of the body:
6. inland:
7. mental or spiritual; inner:
8. muffled or indistinct, as the voice.
9. private or secret.
10. closely personal; intimate.
11. Archaic. pertaining to the homeland; domestic.

Origin of inward

before 900; Middle English; Old English inweard. See in, -ward

Examples for inward

To make turbid the inward parts of Timat; they followed in his train.

Already the inward monitor was whispering to her, "Arise, flee for your life!"

In part, this inward gaze stems from the particularities of attack.

This inward shift should come as no surprise: Israelis are more than fatigued with campaigns focused on war and peace.

His family had to flee, and he goes on a geographic as well as an inward journey as the young Qais matures fast.

Back in New York, the slow pace and inward focus of her yoga practice was less fulfilling.

She appealed to the inward Monitor, but it refused to be propitiated.

Nonetheless, that “inward sweetness” awakened the future preacher to a rather uncommon youthful aptitude for holiness.

I do not presume to decide whether all that is believed has the inward significancy.

"I am not breaking my word," he replied to the inward Monitor.