insidely

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adverb

In an inside or internal manner; internally.

Opposite
outsidely
Scrabble 12

Meanings

adverbinsidely (comparative more insidely, superlative most insidely)

comparative more insidely · superlative most insidely

  1. In an inside or internal manner; internally.

    You say something outsidely rude and insidely civil about its being my choice to edit; […]

    1843, John Warden Robberds, Robert Southey, Sir Walter Scott, A memoir of the life and writings of the late William Taylor
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    That is mentally—outsidely, but not insidely. You have not relaxed down through your body at all.

    1920, Willard Carver, Psycho-bio-physiology

    Five new members in the Connecticut club were taken on a selling campaign, over the hurdles of a couple of shrewd, hard boiled, insidely informed partners in a paint and wallpaper store — one of the roughest trips the quintet ever […]

    1922, Painting & Decorating Contractors of America, National painters magazine

    And all it means: yet it begins "outsidely", like any other day; even "insidely" — oh, yes, deep inside one, it is different.

    1986, Harley Granville-Barker, Eric Salmon, Granville Barker and his correspondents

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outsidely
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APA

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Chicago

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