inward
Adjective:
- Directed or moving toward the inside or center: Describes motion or orientation that goes from the outside toward the interior or core of something.
- Existing within the mind or spirit; mental or spiritual: Relating to private thoughts, feelings, or internal states rather than external things.
Adverb (also spelled inwards):
- Toward the inside: Indicates movement or direction into or toward the interior of something.
- Toward the mind, spirit, or self: Indicates a focus on one's inner thoughts or feelings.
Adjective:
- The inward flow of air helps cool the engine. (The movement of air toward the inside serves to cool the engine.)
- She is a person of deep inward reflection. (She is a person who engages in profound mental or spiritual contemplation.)
Adverb:
- The door opens inward. (The door swings open toward the inside of the room.)
- He turned his thoughts inward to find peace. (He directed his focus toward his own mind and feelings to find peace.)
"Inward investment": (Economic term) Investment of money from outside a country or region into its businesses and infrastructure.
- The government is seeking to encourage inward investment.
"Inward-looking": (Adjective) Concentrating on one's own internal affairs, thoughts, or group; not interested in or open to external ideas.
- The company became too inward-looking and failed to notice market changes.
Inwards: (Adverb) An alternative spelling for the adverb form of 'inward'.
- Fold the edges inwards.
Inwardness: (Noun) The quality of being concerned with inner thought and feeling; depth of character.
- The inwardness of her poetry is remarkable.
Inwardly: (Adverb) In one's mind or spirit; privately.
- He was inwardly grateful for their help.
- Adjective (physical): Inbound, incoming, interior.
- Adjective (mental): Inner, internal, mental, spiritual, private.
- Adverb: Inside, within, interiorly.
- Adjective: Outward, external, exterior.
- Adverb: Outward, outwards, outside.
To turn inward: To become preoccupied with one's own thoughts and feelings, often withdrawing from the external world.
- After the loss, she turned inward for a long time.
An inward journey: A process of self-exploration and examination of one's own mind and spirit.
- Meditation can be a powerful tool for an inward journey.
- directed or moving inward or toward a center
- the inbound train
- inward flood of capital
- relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts
- a concern with inward reflections
- to or toward the inside of
- come in
- smash in the door
- toward the center or interior
- move the needle further inwards!