figurative. Of thoughts or feelings, the mind or soul, personal relations, etc.: Most inward or intimate; deepest; closest.

Said of the mind or soul (as the more inaccessible or secret, or as the more central or essential part of man, or as distinguished from the…

Of a material object: withdrawn or kept from public sight; concealed, hidden. Of a location: secluded, not public or much frequented. Now rare (ar…

Inward, internal (in figurative sense); secret, private. Obsolete (passing into sense A. 3).

Inwardly conceived or felt. Obsolete.

= intrinsic, adj. 2a. Obsolete.

Secret, not disclosed; private; in quot. 1612, that is such secretly. Obsolete.

Kept from knowledge or observation; hidden, concealed. Of feelings, passions, thoughts: Not openly avowed or expressed; concealed, disguised; also…

Withdrawn or removed from notice; hidden. Obsolete.

Pent in.

Private, confidential, intimate.

Of feelings, affection, etc.: Unavowedly cherished or entertained; not openly declared or shown; undemonstrative. Frequently in a sneaking kindness.

Existing within limits figured as spatial; belonging to the inner relations or intrinsic nature of… Inner, as distinct from what appears on the…

figurative. Coming from ‘the inside’; inner; not generally available.