Inner
[ɪnə] or ['ɪnɚ]
Definition
(adj.) inside or closer to the inside of the body; 'the inner ear' .
(adj.) located inward; 'Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle'- Leonard Bernstein; 'she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it'- David Denby; 'an internal sense of rightousness'- A.R.Gurney,Jr. .
(adj.) innermost or essential; 'the inner logic of Cubism'; 'the internal contradictions of the theory'; 'the intimate structure of matter' .
(adj.) exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence; 'inner regions of the organization'; 'inner circles of government' .
(adj.) located or occurring within or closer to a center; 'an inner room' .
Editor: Winthrop--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an spirit or its phenomena.
(a.) Not obvious or easily discovered; obscure.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Interior, internal.
Inputed by Laura
Definition
adj. (comp. of in) farther in: interior.—adjs. Inn′ermost In′most (superl. of in) farthest in: most remote from the outward part.—adv. Inn′ermostly.
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Examples
- Lily received this with fresh appreciation; his nonsense was like the bubbling of her inner mood. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He brought out his sentences in short violent jerks, as though they were forced up from a deep inner crater of indignation. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He put them, one by one, in the breast of his inner coat, counted out the money for them, and deliberately left the shop. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- As the idea of citizenship failed and faded before the new occasions, there remained no inner, that is to say no real, unity in the system at all. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mr. Moore put them by in the inner drawer of his desk. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But there was still much to be done in the inner hall, and in Miss Verinder's room. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He ordered me to be thrown into one of the great pits in the inner gardens. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- But he had more brains and more inner dignity and outer insolence and humor than any man that he had ever known. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The bustle in the vestibule, as she passed along an inner lobby, assured her that they were already in the house. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- The bar-maid appeared from the inner regions of the parlour, excited and preoccupied. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Now, with a start of inner wonder, Lily felt that her thirst for retaliation had died out. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Traddles, Esquire, of the Inner Temple. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Looking towards the swing-door, as he said those last words, I fancied I saw it opened a little way from the inner side. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Eustacia, warmed with an inner fire, could not wait for her companions after this. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Even his life-long righteousness, however, would not quite deliver him from the inner horror. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- What is called inner is simply that which does not connect with others--which is not capable of free and full communication. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- For it would try to understand the inner feeling which had generated what looks like a silly demand. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Entering by the back way, the young ladies passed through the kitchen (or _house_, as the inner kitchen is called) to the hall. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But an inner strenuousness was preying upon an outer symmetry, and they rated his look as singular. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He is a Mr. Godfrey Norton, of the Inner Temple. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- They passed through the inner gate, and descended a short flight of steps. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He only withdrew with his lights into an inner room, into the silence. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- First, the inner hall, leading to the chief staircase. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I am a poor man, said he, as he patted it affectionately, and thrust it into the depths of his inner pocket. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Their mental life is sentimental; an enjoyment of an inner landscape. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- When they had gone a step or two within the inner iron-gate, Young John turned and said to him: 'You want a room. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Care must be taken not to cut into the inner bark, or the tree would be killed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In preparing a shoe for the machine, an inner sole is placed on the last, the upper is then lasted and its edges secured to the inner sole. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Squatting beside D'Arnot he wrote for a minute on the smooth inner surface of the bark; then he handed it to the Frenchman. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- With those words, the clerk opened a door, and ushered me into an inner chamber at the back. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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