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inly
/ˈɪnli/
adv 2adj 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
beauteous, light, sincere
VERB + INLY
know
INLY + NOUN
sigh
Definitions
adj
1
Inward; interior; secret.
Didst thou but know the inly touch of love Thou wouldst as soon go kindle fire with snow As seek to quench the fire of love with words.
adv
1
Inwardly, within; internally; secretly.
I have inly wept, Or should have spoke ere this.
His offering soon propitious fire from heaven / Consumed with nimble glance, and grateful steam; / The other's not, for his was not sincere; / Whereat he inly raged,
2
Heartily, completely, fully, thoroughly; extremely.
Ne was their salue, ne was their medicine, / That mote recure their wounds: so inly they did tine.
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Didst thou but know the inly touch of love Thou wouldst as soon go kindle fire with snow As seek to quench the fire of love with words.
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I have inly wept, Or should have spoke ere this.
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His offering soon propitious fire from heaven / Consumed with nimble glance, and grateful steam; / The other's not, for his was not sincere; / Whereat he inly raged,
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Thou hidden love of God, whose height, / Whose depth unfathom'd no man knows; I see from far they beauteous light, / Inly I sigh for thy repose:
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