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inwardness
noun 4
Collocations
2VERB + INWARDNESS
arrive, know
INWARDNESS + NOUN
things
Definitions
noun
1
The characteristic of being inward or directed towards the inside.
2
The internal or true state; the essential nature.
the inwardness of conduct
Sense cannot arrive at th’inwardness of things.
3
Familiarity; intimacy.
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.
4
Earnestness; heartiness.
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.
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noun — preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especia
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the inwardness of conduct
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Sense cannot arrive at th’inwardness of things.
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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
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