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inner
adjectivePronunciation
ˈɪnɚ
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adjective
- inside or closer to the inside of the body
adjective
- located or occurring within or closer to a center
adjective
- located inward
adjective
- innermost or essential
adjective
- exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence
adjective
- confined to an exclusive group
Example sentences
the inner ear
an inner room
{'source': 'Leonard Bernstein', 'text': "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"}
{'source': 'David Denby', 'text': 'she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it'}
{'source': 'A.R.Gurney,Jr.', 'text': 'an internal sense of rightousness'}
the inner logic of Cubism
the internal contradictions of the theory
the intimate structure of matter
inner regions of the organization
inner circles of government
privy to inner knowledge
inside information
privileged information