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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Inwardness \In"ward*ness\, n.
1. Internal or true state; essential nature; as, the
inwardness of conduct.
[1913 Webster]
Sense can not arrive to the inwardness
Of things. --Dr. H. More.
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2. Intimacy; familiarity. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. Heartiness; earnestness.
[1913 Webster]
What was wanted was more inwardness, more feeling.
--M. Arnold.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Inwardness \In"ward*ness\, n.
1. Internal or true state; essential nature; as, the
inwardness of conduct.
Sense can not arrive to the inwardness Of things.
--Dr. H. More.
2. Intimacy; familiarity. [Obs.] --Shak.
3. Heartiness; earnestness.
What was wanted was more inwardness, more feeling.
--M. Arnold.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
inwardness
n 1: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some
idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's
argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party";
"the nub of the story" [syn: kernel, substance, core,
center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul,
marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty]
2: preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or
ideological values; "the sensitiveness of James's
characters, their seeming inwardness"; "Socrates'
inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness" [ant: outwardness]
3: the quality or state of being inward or internal; "the
inwardness of the body's organs" [ant: outwardness]
4: preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature
(especially ethical or ideological values); "Socrates'
inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch
[ant: outwardness]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
inwardness
n.
1 The characteristic#Noun of being inward or direct#Verb towards the
inside#Noun.
2 (lb en obsolete)
3 # The internal#Adjective or true#Adjective state#Noun; the
essential#Adjective nature#Noun.
4 # familiarity; intimacy.
5 # earnestness; heartiness.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
inwardness
n.
1 The characteristic#Noun of being inward or direct#Verb towards the
inside#Noun.
2 (lb en obsolete)
3 # The internal#Adjective or true#Adjective state#Noun; the
essential#Adjective nature#Noun.
4 # familiarity; intimacy.
5 # earnestness; heartiness.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
inwardness
n.
1 The characteristic#Noun of being inward or direct#Verb towards the
inside#Noun.
2 (lb en obsolete)
3 # The internal#Adjective or true#Adjective state#Noun; the
essential#Adjective nature#Noun.
4 # familiarity; intimacy.
5 # earnestness; heartiness.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
inwardness
n.
1 The characteristic#Noun of being inward or direct#Verb towards the
inside#Noun.
2 (lb en obsolete)
3 # The internal#Adjective or true#Adjective state#Noun; the
essential#Adjective nature#Noun.
4 # familiarity; intimacy.
5 # earnestness; heartiness.
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
inwardness
Engelska n.
inre väsen
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
inwardness'
Engelska n.
(böjning en subst inwardness)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Inwardness /ˈɪnwədnəs/
الجوهر
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
inwardness /ˈɪnwədnəs/
природа, същност
true state; essential nature
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
inwardness /ˈɪnwədnəs/
niternost
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
inwardness /ˈɪnwədnəs/
duchovnost
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
inwardness /ˈɪnwədnəs/
Innerlichkeit [phil.]
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
inwardness /ˈɪnwədnəs/
1. içyüz, gerçek hal
2. bâtınilik, ruhanilik.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "inwardness":
depth, essentiality, experience, familiarity, fundamentality,
immanence, inbeing, indigenousness, indwelling, inherence,
innateness, innerness, inness, interiority, internality,
internalization, intimacy, intrinsicality, introversion,
nonobjectivity, subjectivity
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 本质,深意;灵性;思想的深度,诚挚
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