See Also: inwardness(dictionary)

inwardness (iou)



inwardness noun. LME.
[from INWARD adjective + -NESS.]
The inner part or region; in pl., inner parts, entrails. Only in LME.
Intimacy, familiarity; close friendship. Now rare. L16.
Intrinsic character; inner nature, essence, or meaning. E17.
The quality or condition of being inward or inside something else. lit. & fig. E17.
a. Depth or intensity of feeling or thought. M19.
Gramophone Arrau plays with sublime inwardness and a flow of rhythm and tone which is uniquely fine.
b. Preoccupation with one's inner self, self-absorption; concern with spiritual or philosophical matters rather than externalities; spirituality. M19.
D. Prater One whose gift was to be the expression of inwardness and the visionary. A. Brookner The sight of those whom he loved..lifted the veil of inwardness from Oscar's face.