Definition of inner

"inner" in the adjective sense

1. inner, interior, internal

located inward

"Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein

"she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby

"an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr.

2. inner

located or occurring within or closer to a center

"an inner room"

3. inner, internal, intimate

innermost or essential

"the inner logic of Cubism"

"the internal contradictions of the theory"

"the intimate structure of matter"

4. inside, inner, privileged

confined to an exclusive group

"privy to inner knowledge"

"inside information"

"privileged information"

5. inner

exclusive to a center especially a center of influence

"inner regions of the organization"

"inner circles of government"

6. inner

inside or closer to the inside of the body

"the inner ear"

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Quotations for inner

The grave has a door on its inner side. [ Alexander Maclaren ]

Duty is the inner soul, the life of education. [ Michelet ]

The poet's pen is the true divining rod
Which trembles towards the inner founts of feeling;
Bringing to light and use, else hid from all.
The many sweet clear sources which we have
Of good and beauty in our own deep bosoms;
And marks the variations of all mind
As does the needle. [ Bailey ]

Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by an inner necessity. [ Pindar ]

Inner sunshine warms not only the heart of the owner, but all who come in contact with it. [ J. T. Fields ]

The years write their records on men's hearts as they do on trees: inner circles of growth which no eye can see. [ Saxe Holm ]

In science the new is an advance; but in morals, as contradicting our inner ideals and historic idols, it is ever a retrogression. [ Jean Paul ]

Heaven is the day of which grace is the dawn; the rich, ripe fruit of which grace is the lovely flower; the inner shrine of that most glorious temple to which grace forms the approach and outer court. [ Rev. Dr. Guthrie ]

Renown is not to be sought, and all pursuit of it is vain. A person may, indeed, by skillful conduct and various artificial means, make a sort of name for himself: but if the inner jewel is wanting, all is vanity, and will not last a day. [ Goethe ]

Nothing on earth is without difficulty. Only the inner impulse, the pleasure it gives and love enable us to surmount obstacles; to make smooth our way, and lift ourselves out of the narrow grooves in which other people sorrowfully distress themselves. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

It is not to taste sweet things, but to do noble and true things, and vindicate himself under God's heaven as a God-made man, that the poorest son of Adam dimly longs. Show him the way of doing that, the dullest day-drudge kindles into a hero. They wrong man greatly who say he is to be seduced by ease. Difficulty, abnegation, martyrdom, death, are the allurements that act on the heart of man. Kindle the inner genial life of him, you have a flame that burns up all lower considerations. [ Carlyle ]

inner in Scrabble®

The word inner is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 5

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters inner:

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inner in Words With Friends™

The word inner is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters inner:

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Words within the letters of inner

2 letter words in inner (3 words)

3 letter words in inner (2 words)

4 letter words in inner (2 words)

5 letter words in inner (Anagrams) (2 words)

inner + 1 blank (6 words)

Word Growth involving inner

Shorter words in inner

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Longer words containing inner

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