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English Dictionary: inwards by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inwards
adv
  1. to or toward the inside of; "come in"; "smash in the door"
    Synonym(s): in, inwards, inward
  2. toward the center or interior; "move the needle further inwards!"
    Synonym(s): inward, inwards
    Antonym(s): outward, outwards
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Inwards \In"wards\, adv.
      See {Inward}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Inward \In"ward\, Inwards \In"wards\, adv. [AS. inweard. The
      ending -s is prop. a genitive ending. See {Inward}, a.,
      {-wards}.]
      1. Toward the inside; toward the center or interior; as, to
            bend a thing inward.
  
      2. Into, or toward, the mind or thoughts; inwardly; as, to
            turn the attention inward.
  
                     So much the rather, thou Celestial Light, Shine
                     inward.                                             --Milton.
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