Found 2 items, similar to inwardness.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: inwardness inwardness n 1: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; “the gist of the prosecutor's argument”; “the heart and soul of the Republican Party”; “the nub of the story” [syn: kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty] 2: preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values; “the sensitiveness of James's characters, their seeming inwardness”; “Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness” [ant: outwardness] 3: the quality or state of being inward or internal; “the inwardness of the body's organs” [ant: outwardness] 4: preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values); “Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness”- H.R.Finch [ant: outwardness]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Inwardness Inwardness \In"ward*ness\, n. 1. Internal or true state; essential nature; as, the inwardness of conduct. [1913 Webster] Sense can not arrive to the inwardness Of things. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster] 2. Intimacy; familiarity. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Heartiness; earnestness. [1913 Webster] What was wanted was more inwardness, more feeling. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]