inwards
Etymology

From in + -wards.

Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /ˈɪnwɚdz/
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈɪnwədz/
Adverb

inwards

  1. Towards the inside.
Synonyms Antonyms Translations Noun

inwards (plural p)

  1. Archaic form of innards
    • 1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886, →OCLC ↗:
      So I went up and down, and through the street, and down to the harbour-side, like a dog that has lost its master, with a strange gnawing in my inwards, and every now and then a movement of despair.



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