adverb
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English inweardlice heartily, fervently, from inweardlic internal, from inweard, adjective, inward + -lic -ly
1. : in the innermost being : mentally , spiritually
women's self-possession is an outward thing; inwardly they flutter — Joseph Conrad
read, mark, and inwardly digest — C.L.Becker
2. obsolete : in a complete or private manner : fully , intimately
acquainting me with the state of affairs, more inwardly than I knew before — John Milton
3.
a. : on the inside : internally
he had bled inwardly — Daniel Defoe
b. : to oneself : inaudibly , secretly
I'd have thought she'd inwardly either cursed or spat — Kenneth Roberts
4. : toward the center or interior
see inwardly and represent the world of the imagination — Herbert Read