deep inside

deep inside

English

Adverb

deep inside (comparative more deep inside, superlative most deep inside)

1. at heart, deep down, really
   • 1998, Jon Land, Dead Simple, Forge (1998), →ISBN, page 156:

     But deep inside he knew the truth was he longed for one last great adventure.

   • 2008, Susan May Warren, Finding Stefanie, Tyndale (2008), →ISBN, page 61:

     Besides, sometimes, deep inside, she longed to be twelve again.

   • 2010, Judy Duarte, His, Hers and…Theirs?, Silhouette Books (2010), →ISBN, page 45:

     He's been short-tempered and snappy for as long as I can remember. But for what it's worth—deep inside—he's a good man.