Meanings
comparative more internally · superlative most internally
- With regard to internal affairs.
A sort of compromise must be worked out internally and with those people and communities our decisions will impact.
2023 February 2, Patrick Noack, “Humans are terrible at planning for the future: Here's how we can change that”, in CNN, archived from the original on 03 Mar 2023 - Inwardly; spiritually.
"I cannot," said she, internally, "see that it makes any difference to him which of my daughters he takes, if, as he says, it is my admirable mode of bringing them up which has put matrimony into his head, for it is certain I have brought them up impartially...
1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 264
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn an internal manner; within or inside of external limits; in an inner part or situation.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbon or from the inside
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian вътрешно
- вътрешно (vătrešno)in an internal manner
Catalan internament, internament
- internamentin an internal manner
- internamentwith regard to internal affairs
- interiormentinwardly; spiritually
Finnish sisäisesti
- sisäisestiin an internal manner
Hindi आंतरिक
- आंतरिक (āntrik)in an internal manner
Latin penitus
- penitusin an internal manner
Norwegian Bokmål internt
- interntin an internal manner
Polish wewnętrznie
- wewnętrzniein an internal manner
Portuguese internamente
- internamentein an internal manner
Spanish internamente, interiormente
- internamentein an internal manner
- interiormentein an internal manner
- internamentewith regard to internal affairs
Cite this entry
internally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/internally
“internally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/internally. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “internally,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/internally.
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