inner
located inward
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,901 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,676 times across 155,168 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- located inward also: interior, internal Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battleshe thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it
- located or occurring within or closer to a center an inner room
- innermost or essential also: internal, intimate the inner logic of Cubismthe internal contradictions of the theory
- confined to an exclusive group also: inside, privileged privy to inner knowledgeinside information
- exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence inner regions of the organizationinner circles of government
- inside or closer to the inside of the body the inner ear
inner in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He leaned back and laughed--a silent, inner convulsion of pure gladness.
The Lure of the Dim Trails · B. M. Bower · Chapter 1
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It had never touched his real inner life, and he never thought of it.
The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1
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In the inner room, which served as a sleeping apartment, the disorder was even greater.
The Lerouge Case · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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The next moment an inner glass door was opened, and a fair, weedy, young man, in a frock-coat, entered from within.
The Club of Queer Trades · G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton · Chapter 1
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The old crone sullenly complied, and, throwing open a side door, disclosed an inner apartment, in which there was a small bed.
Windsor Castle · William Harrison Ainsworth · Chapter 1