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interiorly

interiorly

1 7.4
Feel something inside without showing it
  • adverb
  • /ɪnˈtɪəriəli/
translation icon : interiormente

Here is a kind of self invalidating, interiorly focused process that would get you even more entangled with these processes.

Examples

  • If we have, we do it interiorly and not externally.

  • The deepest reality of the veil for me is that I feel interiorly beautiful, hidden in Christ, when I cover my head.

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  • And so the focus is not on the outer word, utterance, or sentence, but on the word that is uttered interiorly by the speaker.

    Academic text (2010)

  • For this reason, following the Lord requires every person to undergo a profound conversion, a change in his or her way of thinking and living. It requires an opening of the heart to listen in order to allow oneself to be enlightened and interiorly transformed.

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  • After reflecting on her experiences, she felt more at peace interiorly, finding clarity in her thoughts.

  • He struggled interiorly with his decision, weighing his desires against his responsibilities.

  • During meditation, I try to connect with my feelings interiorly, seeking understanding and peace.

Synonyms

inside
vsinteriorly
623 1.0

In your private thoughts or feelings

focuses on personal privacy rather than external behaviour
internally
vsinteriorly
90 3.3

In a way that happens inside a person, group, or place

concerns private emotions rather than physical location within a body
inwardly
vsinteriorly
16 4.5

In your mind without showing it to others

is about personal private feelings kept to oneself
inward
vsinteriorly
12 4.6

Inside a person's thoughts and feelings

is more about personal feeling than abstract mental nature
introspectively
vsinteriorly
1 7.3

When a person looks carefully at their own thoughts and feelings

means private feeling itself rather than the act of examining those feelings
intrapsychically
vsinteriorly
  • Specialized
9.9

Happens inside a person's own mind without showing it to others

refers to private feeling, not clinical or technical mental processes

Antonyms

publicly
575 1.2

In a way that everyone can see or know

outwardly
18 4.4

As something looks from the outside, not as it really is

How Inward

privately
174 3.2
interiorly
1 7.4
publicly
575 1.2

Surface Forms

interiorly positive

Morphology

interiorly = interior (semi-transparent) = interior + ly

Built from 'interior' but used metaphorically for inward thoughts or feelings, so the connection is clear but more abstract.

Etymology

Interiorly comes from the Latin root intus, meaning 'within', and it is the same idea behind simple words like interior and internal. So, when you feel or think interiorly, you feel it 'inside' yourself, quietly and privately.