What is a synonym for "inly"?

Common synonyms include: internally, internal, internal, internally, intimately, intrinsically.

Inly

//ˈɪnli// adj, adv

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Adjective

1
Inward; interior; secret. obsolete
"Didst thou but know the inly touch of love Thou wouldst as soon go kindle fire with snow As seek to quench the fire of love with words."

Adverb

1
Inwardly, within; internally; secretly. archaic
"I have inly wept, Or should have spoke ere this."
2
Heartily, completely, fully, thoroughly; extremely. obsolete
"Ne was their salue, ne was their medicine, / That mote recure their wounds: so inly they did tine."

"Didst thou but know the inly touch of love Thou wouldst as soon go kindle fire with snow As seek to quench the fire of love with words."

Etymology 1

From Middle English inly, from Old English inlīc (“inner, inward”), equivalent to in + -ly.

Etymology 2

From Middle English inly, inliche, from Old English inlīċe (“inwardly”), equivalent to in + -ly.

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