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Inwards

//ˈɪnwɚdz// adv, noun

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Towards the inside.

    "The underframe also carries four bonded-rubber mountings, focused upwards and inwards towards the centre of gravity to suspend the body shell."

Adverb
  1. 1
    toward the center or interior wordnet
  2. 2
    to or toward the inside of wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Archaic form of innards. alt-of, archaic, plural, plural-only

    "So I went up and down, and through the street, and down to the harbour-side, like a dog that has lost its master, with a strange gnawing in my inwards, and every now and then a movement of despair."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From in + -wards.

Etymology 2

From in + -wards.

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