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inwardly [ˈɪnwədlɪ] adv
1. within the private thoughts or feelings; secretly inwardly troubled, he kept smiling 2. not aloud to laugh inwardly 3. with reference to the inside or inner part; internally 4. Archaic intimately; essentially the most inwardly concerned of the plotters ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Translations inwardly [ˈɪnwədlɪ] ADV [think, sigh, groan, smile] → para sus adentros; [know, struggle] → en su interior; [feel] → por dentro she was inwardly furious → por dentro estaba furiosa she felt inwardly relieved → se sintió aliviada por dentro the house was outwardly clean but inwardly filthy → la casa estaba limpia por fuera pero asquerosa por dentro inwardly [ˈɪnwərdli] adv [feel, think] → intérieurement, en son for intérieur He pretended to be affronted, but inwardly he was pleased → Il prétendait être offensé mais, intérieurement, il était ravi., Il prétendait être offensé mais en son for intérieur, il était ravi. inwardly How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But to enable a prince to form an opinion of his servant there is one test which never fails; when you see the servant thinking more of his own interests than of yours, and seeking inwardly his own profit in everything, such a man will never make a good servant, nor will you ever be able to trust him; because he who has the state of another in his hands ought never to think of himself, but always of his prince, and never pay any attention to matters in which the prince is not concerned. His days were filled with morbid self-pity, which eventually engendered in his weak and vacillating mind a hatred for those who had sent him here--for the very men he had at first inwardly thanked for saving him from the ignominy of degradation. Mother Simon wiped it away with a cloth, saying inwardly that some day she would have to go through the same thing herself. |
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