Thesaurus: inward

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1. a. Being or placed within; inner; interior; -- opposed to outward.
2. a. Seated in the mind, heart, spirit, or soul.
3. a. Intimate; domestic; private.
4. n. That which is inward or within; especially, in the plural, the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera.
5. n. The mental faculties; -- usually pl.
6. n. An intimate or familiar friend or acquaintance.
7. a. Alt. of Inwards
8. adj. relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts
9. adj. directed or moving inward or toward a center
10. adv. toward the center or interior
11. adv. to or toward the inside of
12. 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. 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. 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.