inner
Americanadjective
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situated within or farther within; interior.
an inner door.
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more intimate, private, or secret.
the inner workings of the organization.
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of or relating to the mind or spirit; mental; spiritual.
the inner life.
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not obvious; hidden or obscure.
an inner meaning.
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noting or relating to an aspect of a person's mind or personality that has not been fully discovered, revealed, or expressed.
a place where anyone can find their inner artist regardless of skill level.
adjective
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being or located further inside
an inner room
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happening or occurring inside
inner movement
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relating to the soul, mind, spirit, etc
inner feelings
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more profound or obscure; less apparent
the inner meaning
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exclusive or private
inner regions of the party
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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
noun
Other Word Forms
- innerly adverb
- innerness noun
Etymology
Origin of inner
before 900; Middle English; Old English innera, comparative based on the adv. inne within, inside; inmost , -er 4
Example Sentences
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These proteins help transport the components needed to assemble the cell wall outside the inner membrane barrier.
From Science Daily
In 2007, he got his first taste of life online, blogging about the strategies and inner workings of Cisco on the website Network World and later his own site, BradReese.com.
One gets the sense that Miriam’s inner darkness is inseparable from her brilliance, like Georgiana’s birthmark in Hawthorne’s early short story.
The inner workings of cartels are intentionally opaque to the outside world.
From Los Angeles Times
Previously, scientists believed the Sun may have triggered the instability that caused those inner moon collisions.
From Science Daily
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