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inwardly + verb
inwardly 修饰动词时通常放在主要动词之前，表示“在心里、暗自地”。
She inwardly smiled at his joke.
她听了他的笑话，暗自笑了。
在内心深处；暗自；私下
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在内心深处；暗自；私下
with respect to private feelings
She inwardly smiled at his joke.
她听了他的笑话，暗自笑了。
以向内的方式；向内部或向自己。
In an inward manner; to or toward the inside or to oneself.
在私人感情方面
with respect to private feelings
She laughed inwardly at the mistake, but said nothing to embarrass her colleague.
她暗自对这个错误感到好笑，但什么也没说，以免让同事难堪。
AI contextual example
He nodded politely, though inwardly he was furious about the delay.
他礼貌地点了点头，尽管内心对这次延误感到非常恼火。
AI contextual example
They praised the plan outwardly, but inwardly they had serious doubts.
他们表面上称赞这个计划，但内心却深表怀疑。
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inwardly, she was raging
她内心怒火中烧。
WordNet
inwardly 修饰动词时通常放在主要动词之前，表示“在心里、暗自地”。
She inwardly smiled at his joke.
她听了他的笑话，暗自笑了。
该结构表示主语内在的真实感受，常译为“内心…”。
He was inwardly annoyed by the delay.
他对这次延误内心感到恼火。
用inwardly与outwardly对举，强调内心与外在表现的差异。
Inwardly, she was worried; outwardly, she appeared confident.
她内心担忧，但外表显得自信。
Not this
She smiled inward at the memory.
Use this
She smiled inwardly at the memory.
inwardly是副词，修饰动词smile表示“暗自地”；虽然inward也可作副词，但意为“向内地”，不表示内心情感，此处应使用inwardly。
Not this
He was internally disappointed by the news.
Use this
He was inwardly disappointed by the news.
internally意为“内部地”，通常指物理内部或机构内部；描述情感、内心想法时应用inwardly，意为“在内心深处”。
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暗自微笑
He smiled inwardly when he heard the news.
听到这个消息，他暗自微笑。
心里叫苦
I groaned inwardly when I realized I had to work late.
当我意识到必须加班时，我心里叫苦。
暗自高兴
He was inwardly pleased that his plan had worked.
他的计划成功了，他暗自高兴。
暗自松了一口气
She felt inwardly relieved when the test was over.
考试结束后，她暗自松了一口气。
内心感到难堪
I cringed inwardly at the memory of my mistake.
想起自己的错误，我内心感到难堪。
暗自感到好笑；在心里笑
He laughed inwardly at her excuse, though his face remained serious.
他在心里对她的借口感到好笑，但脸上依然严肃。
心中暗暗叫苦；暗自抱怨
I groaned inwardly when I saw the long queue.
看到长长的队伍时，我心里暗暗叫苦。
在心里感到难堪或痛苦；心里一紧
She winced inwardly at his clumsy compliment.
听到他那笨拙的恭维，她在心里感到一阵难堪。
你们要防备假先知。他们到你们这里来，外面披着羊皮，里面却是残暴的狼。
From the Bible (Matthew 7:15), where Jesus warns against false teachers; the idiom 'a wolf in sheep's clothing' derives from this verse.
出自《圣经·马太福音》7:15，耶稣在此警告假教师；‘披着羊皮的狼’这个习语就源于这节经文。
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联想：in(里面)+ward(朝向)+ly，心朝向自己内部，即“暗自、在内心深处”。
语域：mixed 常见场景：literary narrative、formal prose、inner monologue、news article inwardly 表示“在内心深处、暗自”时，多用于书面或较正式的表达，比较常见于文学叙事、内心描写等语境；日常口语中较少单独使用，但并非绝对。
These adverbs all end in the same spelling -wardly and share the final sound /wɝdli/. Their main stress is on the first syllable, so the common ending is not an exact rhyme, but it is a consistent spelling–sound match. Do not confuse them with the adjectives/verbs 'inward', 'outward', 'awkward', etc., which lack the final /li/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.