| n. | 1. | Internal or true state; essential nature; |
| 2. | Intimacy; familiarity. | |
| 3. | Heartiness; earnestness. |
| Noun | 1. | inwardness - the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" |
| 2. | inwardness - preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values; "the sensitiveness of James's characters, their seeming inwardness"; "Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness" Antonyms: outwardness - concern with outward things or material objects (especially the body and its appearance) as opposed to the mind and spirit; "hearty showmanship and all-around outwardness" | |
| 3. | inwardness - the quality or state of being inward or internal; "the inwardness of the body's organs" Antonyms: externality, outwardness - the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior; "the outwardness of the world" | |
| 4. | inwardness - preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values); "Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch Antonyms: outwardness - concern with or responsiveness to outward things (especially material objects as opposed to ideal concepts); "hearty showmanship and all-round outwardness" |