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
“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
“When you trek up into the inmost the heart of the mountains like we will be doing, and in an untrodden area such as this, mysteries may reveal themselves,” McCann said.
From The Guardian • May 10, 2017
There, on the inmost shore, an olive tree throws wide its boughs over the bay; nearby a cave of dusky light is hidden for those immortal girls, the Naiades.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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