inner

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

located inward“Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle — Leonard Bernstein”“she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it — David Denby”“an internal sense of rightousness — A.R.Gurney,Jr.”Synonyms: interior internal
located or occurring within or closer to a center“an inner room”Synonyms: inner(a)
innermost or essential“the inner logic of Cubism”“the internal contradictions of the theory”“the intimate structure of matter”Synonyms: internal intimate
confined to an exclusive group“privy to inner knowledge”“inside information”“privileged information”Synonyms: inside privileged
exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence“inner regions of the organization”“inner circles of government”
inside or closer to the inside of the body“the inner ear”

Inner \In"ner\ ([i^]n"n[~e]r), a. [AS. innera, a compar. fr. inne within, fr. in in. See In.]

1.Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an inner chamber. [1913 Webster]

2.Of or pertaining to the spirit or its phenomena. [1913 Webster]

This attracts the soul, Governs the inner man, the nobler part.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

3.Not obvious or easily discovered; obscure. [1913 Webster]

Inner house (Scot.), the first and second divisions of the court of Session at Edinburgh; also, the place of their sittings.

Inner jib (Naut.), a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay running from the fore-topmast head to the jib boom.

Inner plate (Arch.), the wall plate which lies nearest to the center of the roof, in a double-plated roof.

Inner post (Naut.), a piece brought on at the fore side of the main post, to support the transoms.

Inner square (Carp.), the angle formed by the inner edges of a carpenter's square. [1913 Webster]