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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Inwardness \In"ward*ness\, n. 1. Internal or true state; essential nature; as the inwardness of conduct. Sense can not arrive to the inwardness Of things --Dr. H. More 2. Intimacy; familiarity. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. Heartiness; earnestness. What was wanted was more inwardness, more feeling. --M. Arnold. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: inwardness n 1: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience: "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the nub of the story" [syn: {kernel}, {substance}, {core}, {center}, {essence}, {gist}, {heart}, {marrow}, {meat}, {nub}, {pith}, {sum}, {nitty-gritty}] 2: 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}] 3: the quality or state of being inward or internal: "the inwardness of the body's organs" [ant: {outwardness}] 4: preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature esp ethical or ideological values: "Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch [ant: {outwardness}]
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