inwardness
Noun
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Noun
inwardness
- The characteristic of being inward; directed towards the inside.
- (obsolete) Internal or true state; essential nature.
- the inwardness of conduct
- Sense can not arrive to the inwardness of things.
- (obsolete) intimacy; familiarity
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 4 Scene 1
- BENEDICK. 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.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 4 Scene 1
- (obsolete) heartiness; earnestness
- What was wanted was more inwardness, more feeling.
- (true state; essential nature) crux, gist; See also Thesaurus:gist
- Russian: су́щность
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