inmost
Americanadjective
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situated farthest within.
the inmost recesses of the forest.
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most intimate or secret.
one's inmost thoughts.
adjective
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
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Mr. Williams cited Psalm 139:13-14, which begins: “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 4, 2023
Wallace slowly unravels the fascinating — and ultimately tragic — story of a man who, though very close to Wallace, somehow kept his inmost self hidden in plain sight.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2023
“Brandeis had planned to give as an example the newly invented technology of television that, he would explain, enabled the government ‘to peer into the inmost recesses of the home,’” Chief Justice Roberts wrote.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2018
These, then, are the collection’s core, jostling theses: that the life well lived is obedient to inmost impulses, but derives its deepest meaning from children.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2018
As an afterthought, she took the alethiometer from her pouch and hid it in the inmost pocket of the anorak before shoving that through too.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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