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inner
[ in-er ]
adjective
- situated within or farther within; interior:
an inner door.
- more intimate, private, or secret:
the inner workings of the organization.
- of or relating to the mind or spirit; mental; spiritual:
the inner life.
- not obvious; hidden or obscure:
an inner meaning.
- noting or relating to an aspect of a person's mind or personality that has not been fully discovered, revealed, or expressed:
a place where anyone can find their inner artist regardless of skill level.
inner
/ ˈɪnə /
adjective
- being or located further inside
an inner room
- happening or occurring inside
inner movement
- relating to the soul, mind, spirit, etc
inner feelings
- more profound or obscure; less apparent
the inner meaning
- exclusive or private
inner regions of the party
- chem (of a compound) having a cyclic structure formed or apparently formed by reaction of one functional group in a molecule with another group in the same molecule
an inner ester
noun
- Also calledred archery
- the red innermost ring on a target
- a shot which hits this ring
Derived Forms
- ˈinnerly, adverb
- ˈinnerness, noun
Other Words From
- inner·ly adverb adjective
- inner·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of inner1
Example Sentences
Le Femme Finishing School helps transwomen find their inner beauty, no matter their age.
For his part though, the dude with the inner grandma is pretty much just looking ahead.
There must be in his life, as Truffaut remarked about Hitchcock's films, “inner fire and cool surfaces.”
This can be seen not just in distant exurbs or suburbs, but in prime inner-city neighborhoods.
The demonic ‘anti-Santa’ enjoys an unlikely renaissance as we learn to embrace our inner pagan.
Eggs and nestlings were found lying on the bare soil at the inner ends of the burrows; no nesting material was found.
The inner ends of the burrows were enlarged with a depression in the floor, where the eggs were laid.
She was even meditating a retreat, inexplicably embarrassed, when an inner door opened and Lady Victoria entered.
He found the man, with his wife and children, in a large corner room opening on the inner court of the Mission quadrangle.
Meadows began to play inner planet combinations that occasionally paid, though at short odds.
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