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発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnwəd/
• Homophone: n-word

形容詞

inward (comparative more inward, superlative most inward)

1. Situated on the inside; that is within, inner; belonging to the inside. [from 9th c.]
2. Not superficially obvious, inner, not expressed, especially relating to mental or spiritual faculties as opposed to external ones.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:

     Noble and milde this Perſean ſeemes to be,
     If outward habit Iudge the inward man.

3. Moving or tending toward the inside.
4. (archaic, of a voice) Not directed toward the outside world, and thus quiet or indistinct.
5. (obsolete) Internal to a particular place or country; not foreign, domestic.
6. (obsolete) Secret, private, kept hidden.
7. (obsolete) Coming from one’s inmost or sincerest feelings; heartfelt, earnest.
8. (obsolete) Intimate, closely acquainted; familiar, close. [16th-17th c.]
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 3, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:

     There is nothing can be added unto the daintinesse of Fulvius wives death, who was so inward with Augustus.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Job 19:19:

     All my inward friends abhorred me.

   • a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the page number)”, in Fulke Greville, Matthew Gwinne, and John Florio, editors, The Covntesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, OCLC 801077108; republished in Albert Feuillerat, editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia (Cambridge English Classics: The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney; I), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1912, OCLC 318419127:

     He had had occasion, by one very inward with him, to know in part the discourse of his life.

9. (obsolete) Devoted to spiritual matters, pious, devout.
10. (obsolete, of animals) Tame.
11. (obsolete, of medicines) Internal; applied through the stomach by being swallowed.

派生語

• inwards
• inwardly
• inwardness

副詞

inward (not comparable)

1. Towards the inside. [from 11th c.]
2. Towards one’s mind, thoughts, or internal self.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book 3”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:

     So much the rather, thou Celestial Light, / Shine inward.

   • 2005, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, David Kessler, On Grief and Grieving, →ISBN, page 16:

     You also may experience feelings of guilt, which is anger turned inward on yourself.

3. (obsolete) On the inside, within, inside.
4. (obsolete) In one’s mind, thoughts, or internal self.

同意語

• withinward

名詞

inward (複数形 inwards)

1. (obsolete, chiefly in the plural) That which is inward or within; the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera.
   • 1653, Jeremy Taylor, “Twenty-five Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Winter Half-year, […]: Sermon XII. Of Lukewarmness and Zeal; or, Spiritual Fervour. Part I.”, in Reginald Heber, editor, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D. […], volume V, London: Ogle, Duncan, and Co. […]; and Richard Priestley, […], published 1822, OCLC 956524510, page 176:

     [T]his man is a servant of the eyes of men, and offers parchment or a white skin in sacrifice, but the flesh and the inwards he leaves to be consumed by a stranger fire.

   • 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:

     Then sacrificing, laid the inwards and their fat.

2. (obsolete, chiefly in the plural) The mental faculties or other characteristics not immediately apparent.
3. (obsolete) A familiar friend or acquaintance.
   • c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, “Measvre for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]:

     I was an inward of his.