inmost

American  

[in-mohst, -muhst] / ˈɪnˌmoʊst, -məst /

adjective

1. situated farthest within.

   the inmost recesses of the forest.

2. most intimate or secret.

   one's inmost thoughts.

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inmost British  

/ ˈɪnˌməʊst /

adjective

1. another word for innermost

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Etymology

Origin of inmost

before 900; Middle English ( see in- ¹, -most); replacing inmest, Old English innemest, equivalent to inne- within + -mest -most

Example Sentences

She said the firm's partners, Lithuania-based Hidden Layer Games, which made the game Inmost, is "a two-man team from Ukraine and Russia".

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2022

The mage told him, and at once he named a ship bound for the Inmost Sea aboard which Ged might go as passenger.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Some hinted that he meant merely to sail back by Hosk to the Inmost Sea, leaving them in the lurch; others, among them Pechvarry, held that he had gone mad, and sought death.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

They came in to port at Orrimy on the east shore of the great land Hosk, for these trade-galleys of the Inmost Sea keep to the coasts and lie overnight in harbor whenever they can.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

A ship was sent forth at once across the Inmost Sea to Way Island to bring the Archmage back to Roke.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin