Meaning of Inwardness | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The characteristic of being inward or directed towards the inside.
   countable, uncountable
2. The internal or true state; the essential nature.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
3. Familiarity; intimacy.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
4. Earnestness; heartiness.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“the inwardness of conduct”

“Sense cannot arrive at th’inwardness of things.”

“Signior Leonato, let the friar advise you: / And though you know my inwardness and love / Is very much unto the prince and Claudio, / Yet, by mine honour, I will deal in this / As secretly and justly as your soul / Should with your body.”

“The prophets perpetually reminded their nation of the superiority of judgment and justice to any exterior ceremony like sacrifice. […] [W]hat was wanted was more inwardness, more feeling. This was given by adding mercy and humbleness to judgment and justice.”

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