inwards
English
Etymology
in + -wards
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪnwɚdz/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪnwədz/
- Hyphenation: in‧wards
Adverb
inwards (comparative more inwards, superlative most inwards)
- Towards the inside.
- 2023 February 22, Howard Johnston, “Southern '313s': is the end now in sight?”, in RAIL, number 977, page 42:
- As well as their obvious novelty value, the Class 313s offered fast acceleration, those power-operated sliding doors, non-opening passenger windows, closed ventilators to prevent any body part, head or limbs reaching out, drivers' and guards' doors opening inwards, and end doors for emergency exit.
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Antonyms
- outwards
Related terms
- inward
Translations
towards the inside
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Noun
inwards pl (plural only)
- Archaic form of innards.
- 1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, Limited., published 1886, OCLC 1056292939:
- So I went up and down, and through the street, and down to the harbour-side, like a dog that has lost its master, with a strange gnawing in my inwards, and every now and then a movement of despair.
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See also
- inwardly
Anagrams
- darwins, diswarn