Internally

//ɪnˈtɜːnəli// adv

adv ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an internal manner; within or inside of external limits; in an inner part or situation.
  2. 2
    With regard to internal affairs.
  3. 3
    Inwardly; spiritually.

    ""I cannot," said she, internally, "see that it makes any difference to him which of my daughters he takes, if, as he says, it is my admirable mode of bringing them up which has put matrimony into his head, for it is certain I have brought them up impartially..."

Adverb
  1. 1
    on or from the inside wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
inlyinteriorlyinwardlyby birthby naturecentrally

Example

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"There was a very simple reason for this: their planet was cooling down internally and would become uninhabitable within 500 years."

Etymology

From internal + -ly.

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internally displaced personinternal affairs

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