3. An intimate or familiar friend or acquaintance. [Obs.] "I was an
inward of his." Shak.
{ In"ward (?), In"wards (?), } adv. [AS. inweard. The ending -s is
prop. a genitive ending. See Inward, a., -wards.]
1. Toward the inside; toward the center or interior; as, to bend a
thing inward.
2. Into, or toward, the mind or thoughts; inwardly; as, to turn the
attention inward.
So much the rather, thou Celestial Light, Shine inward.
Milton.