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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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Intimacy; familiarity. [Obs.] --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Heartiness; earnestness.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              What was wanted was more inwardness, more feeling.
                                                    --M. Arnold.
        [1913 Webster]

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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