Crossword clues for inwardness
inwardness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inwardness \In"ward*ness\, n.
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Internal or true state; essential nature; as, the inwardness of conduct.
Sense can not arrive to the inwardness Of things.
--Dr. H. More. Intimacy; familiarity. [Obs.]
--Shak.-
Heartiness; earnestness.
What was wanted was more inwardness, more feeling.
--M. Arnold.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from inward + -ness.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The characteristic of being inward; directed towards the inside. 2 (context obsolete English) Internal or true state; essential nature. 3 (context obsolete English) intimacy; familiarity 4 (context obsolete English) heartiness; earnestness
WordNet
n. 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]
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]
the quality or state of being inward or internal; "the inwardness of the body's organs" [ant: outwardness]
preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values); "Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch [ant: outwardness]
Usage examples of "inwardness".
Our inwardness ended only with the Happy Anniversary flash-bombing of 2033, a real wake-up call.
It is peculiarly shocking and pathetic that his lovers were Goneril and Regan, monsters who proved their love by suicide and murder, or by victimage, but Shakespeare seems to have wished to give us a virtuoso display of his original art in changing character through the representation of a growing inwardness.
Augustine who introduced the inwardness of radical reflexivity and bequeathed it to the West.
After a sleepless night he had begun at an early hour to try and corner Lord Emsworth in order to explain to him the true inwardness of last night's happenings.