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Inly

//ˈɪnli// adj, adv

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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. 1
    Inwardly, within; internally; secretly. archaic

    "I have inly wept, Or should have spoke ere this."

  2. 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."

Etymology

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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