interiorly

American  

[in-teer-ee-er-lee] / ɪnˈtɪər i ər li /

adverb

1. in one's inner being, mind, or soul; spiritually, inwardly.

2. in the interior or inland regions of a country.

3. with respect to the inside of something, such as a building, car, etc.

4. with respect to the domestic affairs of a country.

5. Sports. in a way that pertains to interior positions, such as interior linemen in football or the interior channels in soccer.

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interiorly

“Tony is singing so deeply and interiorly — it’s almost in a private place, yet he has the courage to completely share,” Mr. Charlap said.

From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2016

“The huge expanses of marshes that occur interiorly to the shoreline have been spared,” said Irving A. Mendelssohn, a professor of oceanography and coastal plant ecology at Louisiana State University.

From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2010

But on the other hand, "the Church will rediscover her renewed youthfulness not so much by changing her exterior laws as by interiorly assimilating her true spirit of obedience to Christ."

From Time Magazine Archive

The nests are made interiorly with plant down, but the outside is generally grayish colored shreds and lichens.

From The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. by Chester A. (Chester Albert) Reed

Constructed thus, Europe is not only easily accessible from Asia, a fact of no little moment in its ancient history, but it is also singularly accessible interiorly, or from one of its parts to another.

From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by John William Draper