Thesaurus: inner

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1. a. Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an spirit or its phenomena.
2. a. Not obvious or easily discovered; obscure.
3. adj. located inward
4. adj. located or occurring within or closer to a center
5. adj. innermost or essential
6. adj. confined to an exclusive group
7. adj. exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence
8. adj. inside or closer to the inside of the body
9. 1. Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an spirit or its phenomena. This attracts the soul, Governs the inner man,the nobler part. Milton. 3. Not obvious or easily discovered; obscure. Inner house (Scot.), the first and second divisions of the court of Session at Edinburgh; also,the place of their sittings. -- Inner jib (Naut.), a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay running from the fore-topmast head to the jib boom. -- Inner plate (Arch.), the wall plate which lies nearest to the center of the roof,in a double-plated roof. -- Inner post (Naut.), a piece brought on at the fore side of the main post, to support the transoms. -- Inner square (Carp.), the angle formed by the inner edges of a carpenter's square.
10. j:100 s. located inward a. located or occurring within or closer to a center s. innermost or essential s. exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence