Dictionary 1. (adv.) In the inner parts; internally.2. (adv.) Toward the center; inward; as, to curve inwardly. 3. (adv.) In the heart or mind; mentally; privately; secret/y; as, he inwardly repines. 4. (adv.) Intimately; thoroughly. Thesaurus by birth by nature centrally congenitally deeply genetically immanently in inland inly innately inshore interiorly internally intimately intrinsically inward inwards naturally originally primally primitively profoundly under the surface withinwards |