inwardly

Known as “Rummy,” he was a popular student, but classmates also considered him intense and inwardly driven.
Donald H. Rumsfeld, influential but controversial Bush defense secretary, dies at 88|Bradley Graham|June 30, 2021|Washington Post
It may well have been no big deal to her, but I don't want to be obliviously friendly if she is inwardly bothered.
Miss Manners: Rejecting hand-me-downs doesn’t mean rejecting the friend|Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin, Jacobina Martin|May 14, 2021|Washington Post
I can't even leave the room, because I just know she's inwardly criticizing the size of my butt as I walk away.
Carolyn Hax: Walk away from a fat-shamer. It’s the best kind of exercise.|Carolyn Hax|February 18, 2021|Washington Post
I did a little Kantian reckoning and inwardly came down on Hartman's side.
In A Very Deep Way: Remembering Rabbi David Hartman|Bernard Avishai|February 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST

I spent most of the day inwardly bracing myself for the piercing shriek of a siren to break the silence of the city.
Overcast With A Chance Of Rockets|Ehud Zion Waldoks|November 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
I remember looking at Anat and thanking her inwardly for being brave enough to do what so many women in Israel would not.
Cash, But Not Criticism|Sigal Samuel|October 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And it's a fair bet that Romney inwardly agrees with his economists more than his base.
Mitt Romney's Leadership Secret|David Frum|May 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He cursed himself inwardly for a fool and a dolt—the more pitiable because he accounted himself cunning above others.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
He knew it was a handkerchief, and smiled inwardly as he wondered what Tom Hardy would say if he could see him now.
The Cromptons|Mary J. Holmes
Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
His Last Week|William E. Barton
In this she differed from others of her sect, who strove to convey the idea of humility both outwardly and inwardly.
Skipper Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland
In the autumn of 1863, after a visit to Apukhtin, Tchaikovsky returned to Petersburg, externally and inwardly a changed man.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky

British Dictionary definitions for inwardly

inwardly

/ (ˈɪnwədlɪ) /

adverb

within the private thoughts or feelings; secretlyinwardly troubled, he kept smiling

not aloudto laugh inwardly

with reference to the inside or inner part; internally

archaic intimately; essentiallythe most inwardly concerned of the plotters

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