INWARDNESS
Source: 566, 567
inwardness. Inwardness, n. intimacy, familiarity, nearness
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In″ward‐ness, n. 1. 1. Internal or true state; essential nature; as, the inwardness of conduct.
Sense can not arrive to the inwardness Of things. Dr. H. More. 2. 2. Intimacy; familiarity. Shak.
3. 3. Heartiness; earnestness.
What was wanted was more inwardness, more feeling. M. Arnold.