- inly⇄adj. (Obsolete.)1. inwardly felt; heartfelt.
Ex. the inly touch of love (Shakespeare).
2. inward; interior. - inly⇄adv. 1. inwardly; within.
Ex. What warm, poetic heart but inly bleeds, And execrates man's savage, ruthless deeds (Robert Burns).
2. thoroughly; deeply.
(SYN) heartily, intimately, closely. - inly⇄inly, adverb, adjective.