inly
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of inly
before 900; Middle English inliche, Old English inlīce. See in, -ly
Example Sentences
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And in the adoring hush that fell, I, from the form set inly free, Knelt at my heart's most holy well And worshipped mine own mystery.
From Etain the Beloved and Other Poems by James Henry Cousins
At the sight wept inly the faithful Rudeger.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
Health to the sick in mind, Light to the inly blind, O, now to all mankind Let there be light!
From Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion by Various
When every element The mind's high forces Have seized, subdued, and blent, No angel divorces Twin natures single grown, That inly mate them: Eternal love alone Can separate them.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various
Then, with one heart, like men who inly mourn'd, Slowly we paced towards our fairy cell, And e'er we enter'd, for one moment turn'd, And bade the silent majesty farewell!
From The Isle of Palms and Other Poems by John Lyde Wilson
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