innermost

[ in-er-mohst or, especially British, -muhst ]

/ ˈɪn ərˌmoʊst or, especially British, -məst /

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adjective

farthest inward; inmost.

most intimate or secret: one's innermost beliefs.

noun

the innermost part.

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Origin of innermost

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at inner, -most

Words nearby innermost

inner jib, Inner Light, inner man, inner mission, Inner Mongolia, innermost, inner planet, inner product, inner sanctum, innersole, inner space

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How to use innermost in a sentence

To help them cope, teams of psychologists, therapists and counselors were dispatched to the sites to comfort and help stabilize those in the innermost circles.
When the counselor needs help: ‘I didn’t get a chance to really digest 9/11’|Petula Dvorak|September 9, 2021|Washington Post
Groundedness is about ditching an omnipresent restlessness to begin living in alignment with your innermost values, pursuing your true interests, and expressing your authentic self in the here and now.
Simone Biles Made the Right Choice. Here’s How You Can, Too.|wtaylor|July 28, 2021|Outside Online
For others, it’s high art sculpted around the human body—an abstract language composed of lines, shapes and textures with the ability to translate our innermost selves into terms the material world can understand.
The 5 Best New Shows Our TV Critic Watched in April 2021|Judy Berman|April 30, 2021|Time
So much of the experience of TikTok feels like being funneled into increasingly niche categories that, because TikTok’s home feed is literally called the “For You” page, supposedly reflects some referendum on your innermost self.
This week in TikTok: How does TikTok know I have ADHD?|Rebecca Jennings|February 9, 2021|Vox

The innermost planets seem to be rocky, with densities similar to Earth’s.
Two exoplanet families redefine what planetary systems can look like|Lisa Grossman|February 5, 2021|Science News
After all, the innermost sexual longings of presidents, both living and dead, have long been the stuff of rumor and conjecture.
Fifty Shades of Presidential FanFiction|Amy Zimmerman|August 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Our innermost thoughts offered up to old friends from high school are there to be seen by some voyeuristic devil in Tasmania.
You Can’t Have Facebook’s Best Privacy Policy|Dennis Kneale|May 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The “bonded leather” journal will offer “readers and aspiring writers a place where they can record their innermost thoughts.”
'50 Shades of Grey' Author E.L. James to Publish Writing Advice Guide|Molly Taylor|March 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
That may prove as challenging as Romney revealing his innermost self.
Obama’s Anticlimactic Speech Looms Over Democratic Convention|Howard Kurtz|September 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But if Hoover could bug the innermost sanctum of the Supreme Court, nothing was sacred for the FBI.
J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI’s War on Americans’ Civil Liberties|Ben Jacobs|February 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In the innermost, Atock, our locomotive engineer, and I chummed together.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Yet some little cell of innermost memory, stirring out of sleep, had surely given up its dead.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
The membrane of the nucleus usually constitutes the innermost coat of the seed.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
By degrees it became evident to him that the evil one was always at work, both inside and outside his innermost heart.
Skipper Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland
He seemed to be studying him afresh, as though he were trying to read his innermost thoughts.
The Everlasting Arms|Joseph Hocking

British Dictionary definitions for innermost

innermost

/ (ˈɪnəˌməʊst) /

adjective

being or located furthest within; central

intimate; privateinnermost beliefs

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