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inner

[in-er]

Origin

adjective

situated within or farther within; interior: an inner door.

more intimate, private, or secret: the inner workings of the organization.

of or pertaining to the mind or spirit; mental; spiritual: the inner life.

not obvious; hidden or obscure: an inner meaning.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English innera, comparative based on the adv. inne within, inside; see inmost, -er⁴

Related forms

in·ner·ly, adverb, adjective

in·ner·ness, noun

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inner (ˈɪnə)

—*adj*
1.	being or located further inside: an inner room
2.	happening or occurring inside: inner movement
3.	relating to the soul, mind, spirit, etc: inner feelings
4.	more profound or obscure; less apparent: the inner meaning
5.	exclusive or private: inner regions of the party
6.	chem (of a compound) having a cyclic structure formed or apparently formed by reaction of one functional group in a molecule with another group in the same molecule: an inner ester

—n
7.	archery Also called: red
	a. the red innermost ring on a target
	b. a shot which hits this ring

'innerly

—*adv*

'innerness

—n

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Word Origin & History

inner

c.1400, from O.E. inra, comp. of inne (adv.) "inside" (see in). Inner city, in ref. to poverty and crime, is attested from 1968.

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