inwardness
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Is inwardness a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (obsolete)Examples: "the inwardness of conduct"; "Sense cannot arrive at th’inwardness of things."Synonyms: crux, gist, bowels, brass tacks, core, crux, essence, gistcountableobsoleteuncountable
2. (obsolete)Examples: "Signior Leonato, let the friar advise you: / And though you know my inwardness and love / Is very much unto the prince and Claudio, / Yet, by mine honour, I will deal in this / As secretly and justly as your soul / Should with your body."countableobsoleteuncountable
3. (obsolete)Examples: "The prophets perpetually reminded their nation of the superiority of judgment and justice to any exterior ceremony like sacrifice. […] [W]hat was wanted was more inwardness, more feeling. This was given by adding mercy and humbleness to judgment and justice."countableobsoleteuncountable
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