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[ in-er-mohst or, especially British, -muhst ] / ˈɪn ərˌmoʊst or, especially British, -məst / SEE SYNONYMS FOR innermost ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivefarthest inward; inmost. most intimate or secret: one's innermost beliefs. Origin of innermostlate Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at inner, -most Words nearby innermostinner jib, Inner Light, inner man, inner mission, Inner Mongolia, innermost, innermost intercostal muscle, inner planet, inner product, inner sanctum, innersole Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for innermostAfter all, the innermost sexual longings of presidents, both living and dead, have long been the stuff of rumor and conjecture. Fifty Shades of Presidential FanFiction|Amy Zimmerman|August 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST Our innermost thoughts offered up to old friends from high school are there to be seen by some voyeuristic devil in Tasmania. You Can’t Have Facebook’s Best Privacy Policy|Dennis Kneale|May 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST The “bonded leather” journal will offer “readers and aspiring writers a place where they can record their innermost thoughts.” '50 Shades of Grey' Author E.L. James to Publish Writing Advice Guide|Molly Taylor|March 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST That may prove as challenging as Romney revealing his innermost self. Obama’s Anticlimactic Speech Looms Over Democratic Convention|Howard Kurtz|September 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But if Hoover could bug the innermost sanctum of the Supreme Court, nothing was sacred for the FBI. J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI’s War on Americans’ Civil Liberties|Ben Jacobs|February 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST He had the girl in Montgomery, and she was rapidly winning her way to the innermost recesses of Chase's heart. The Expressman and the Detective|Allan Pinkerton On the contrary, I'm believing in and clinging to your dear innermost. The Pastor's Wife|Elizabeth von Arnim Thou art old, and hast seen many wars in the Dale, and knowest the Wild-wood to its innermost. The Roots of the Mountains|William Morris He searches and probes their innermost recesses as if they were realities made of an eternal substance. Notes on Life and Letters|Joseph Conrad From the first pylon to the innermost recesses of the sanctuary the building measures about 850 feet. A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2)|Georges Perrot
British Dictionary definitions for innermost
adjectivebeing or located furthest within; central intimate; privateinnermost beliefs Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to innermostdeepest, intimate, personal, private |