inly
adverb
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Pronunciation: /ˈɪnli/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English inly, from Old English inlīc (“inner, inward”), equivalent to in + -ly.
- 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
Etymology: From Middle English inly, inliche, from Old English inlīċe (“inwardly”), equivalent to in + -ly.
- 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,”
- Heartily, completely, fully, thoroughly; extremely.
“Ne was their salue, ne was their medicine, / That mote recure their wounds: so inly they did tine.”