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inwardly

/in-werd-lee/US // ˈɪn wərd li //UK // (ˈɪnwədlɪ) //

暗地里,暗暗地里,暗中,暗暗地

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adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in or on, or with reference to, the inside or inner part; internally.
    • : privately; secretly: Inwardly, he disliked his guest.
    • : within the self; mentally or spiritually: Look inwardly to discover the truth.
    • : in low or soft tones; not aloud.
    • : toward the inside, interior, or center.

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Examples

  • Known as “Rummy,” he was a popular student, but classmates also considered him intense and inwardly driven.

  • It may well have been no big deal to her, but I don't want to be obliviously friendly if she is inwardly bothered.

  • I can't even leave the room, because I just know she's inwardly criticizing the size of my butt as I walk away.

  • I did a little Kantian reckoning and inwardly came down on Hartman's side.

  • I spent most of the day inwardly bracing myself for the piercing shriek of a siren to break the silence of the city.

  • I remember looking at Anat and thanking her inwardly for being brave enough to do what so many women in Israel would not.

  • And it's a fair bet that Romney inwardly agrees with his economists more than his base.

  • He cursed himself inwardly for a fool and a dolt—the more pitiable because he accounted himself cunning above others.

  • He knew it was a handkerchief, and smiled inwardly as he wondered what Tom Hardy would say if he could see him now.

  • Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

  • In this she differed from others of her sect, who strove to convey the idea of humility both outwardly and inwardly.

  • In the autumn of 1863, after a visit to Apukhtin, Tchaikovsky returned to Petersburg, externally and inwardly a changed man.