英和和英

名詞

inwardness (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 inwardnesses)

1. The characteristic of being inward or directed towards the inside.
2. (obsolete)
   1. The internal or true state; the essential nature.

      Synonyms: crux, gist; see also Thesaurus:gist

      the inwardness of conduct

      • 1642, H[enry] M[ore], “(please specify the chapter)”, in ΨΥΧΩΔΙΑ [Psychōdia] Platonica: Or A Platonicall Song of the Soul, […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel, printer to the Universitie, OCLC 1049141463:

        Sense cannot arrive at th’inwardness of things.

   2. Familiarity; intimacy.
      • 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene i]:

        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.

   3. Earnestness; heartiness.
      • 1873, Matthew Arnold, “Religion New-given”, in Literature & Dogma: An Essay towards a Better Apprehension of the Bible, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. […], OCLC 11501052, section 1, page 83:

        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.