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inner
adjective
inside or closer to the inside of the body
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ˈɪnɚ
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adjective
inside or closer to the inside of the body
“the inner ear”
adjective
located or occurring within or closer to a center
“an inner room”
adjective
located inward
“{'source': 'Leonard Bernstein', 'text': "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"}”
adjective
innermost or essential
“the inner logic of Cubism”
adjective
exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence
“inner regions of the organization”
adjective
confined to an exclusive group
“privy to inner knowledge”
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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
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