inwards

adverb (ˈɪnwədz) inward

towards the interior or middle of something

in, into, or towards the mind or spirit

pl n (ˈɪnədz)

a variant spelling of innards

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Words nearby inwards

inward, inward dive, Inward Light, inwardly, inwardness, inwards, inweave, inwind, in-world, inwrap, inwreathe

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Example sentences from the Web for inwards

“Anyone who looks only inwards is not going to be as successful as someone who looks outside, the world over,” Bratton said.
Can Bratton Save Britain?|William Underhill|August 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST
But over the inwards of the wedding must I not linger, for much is yet to write.
In Convent Walls|Emily Sarah Holt
The inferior extremity articulates with the carpus by a surface which is directed obliquely downwards and inwards.
Artistic Anatomy of Animals|douard Cuyer
She looked a shade older, a shade thinner in the face, her sweet eyes a little sunk inwards.
The Lowest Rung|Mary Cholmondeley

Hence the intensity of responsive electric change will decline in both directions outwards and inwards.
Life Movements in Plants, Volume II, 1919|Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
The vicar-general of Goa, Ambrosia Ribera, would himself examine, if the inwards were corresponding to the outward appearances.
The Works of John Dryden, Volume XVI. (of 18)|John Dryden

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