INNERLY

Etymology 1

Adjective

innerly (comparative more innerly, superlative most innerly)

(rare) Inward; deep-seated.

Etymology 2

Adverb

innerly (comparative more innerly, superlative most innerly)

(rare) Within; inwardly.

Source: Wiktionary


In"ner*ly, adv.

Definition: More within. [Obs.] Baret.

INNER

In"ner, a. Etym: [AS. innera, a compar. fr. inne within, fr. in in. See In.]

1. Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an spirit or its phenomena. This attracts the soul, Governs the inner man,the nobler part. Milton.

3. Not obvious or easily discovered; obscure. Inner house (Scot.), the first and second divisions of the court of Session at Edinburgh; also,the place of their sittings.

– Inner jib (Naut.), a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay running from the fore-topmast head to the jib boom.

– Inner plate (Arch.), the wall plate which lies nearest to the center of the roof,in a double-plated roof.

– Inner post (Naut.), a piece brought on at the fore side of the main post, to support the transoms.

– Inner square (Carp.), the angle formed by the inner edges of a carpenter's square.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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