Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
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inward .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb See
inward .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb Towards the
inside .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb to or toward the inside of
- adverb toward the center or interior
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Examples
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It is the mark of the truly paranoid that they perceive messages flowing inwards from the surrounding world and conclude that these are specifically meant for them personally, but in this case the total irony was almost too much for me.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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It is the mark of the truly paranoid that they perceive messages flowing inwards from the surrounding world and conclude that these are specifically meant for them personally, but in this case the total irony was almost too much for me.
Good Friday 2009
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Knitting a square shawl inwards from the border is much the same.
Archive 2009-01-01 Jean 2009
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Courtyard rooms face "inwards" - a quiet winter choice away from blustery winds.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Like Britain again, it looks outwards from Europe as well as inwards, which is why Turkey is also part and not part of the Middle East too.
Disgracefully, Turkey's EU accession bid is going nowhere soon Martin Kettle 2010
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'However many million or billion gallons of water there are in the reservoir would come beltin' down the mountainside into Loch Fada, hittin 'the opposite shore here where the glen bends inwards, which is gaunny channel the whole lot down between the mountains like a canal.'
A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2001
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A good lining of wine and food to the inwards is the tonic to more talk and exertion.
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Indeed (thanks be to God!) we have no more house-burnings, but many heart-burnings; and though outward bleeding be stanched, it is to be feared that the broken vein bleeds inwards, which is more dangerous.
Good Thoughts in Bad Times and Other Papers. 1608-1661 1863
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The resulting pain suffered is turned inwards, which is why one out of every three gay teens attempts suicide and why some of the most virulent anti-gay bigots turn out, in the end, to be gay themselves.
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"inwards" -- so hard when there seemed no likelihood's of our getting any water for the night?
Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, Ernest Giles 1866
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