Main entry: inner
Definition: inside or closer to the inside of the body
Usage: the inner ear
Main entry: inner
Definition: located or occurring within or closer to a center
Usage: an inner room
Main entry: inner, interior, internal
Definition: located inward
Usage: 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.
Main entry: inner, internal, intimate
Definition: innermost or essential
Usage: the inner logic of Cubism; the internal contradictions of the theory; the intimate structure of matter
Main entry: inner
Definition: exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence
Usage: inner regions of the organization; inner circles of government
Main entry: inner, inside, privileged
Definition: confined to an exclusive group
Usage: privy to inner knowledge; inside information; privileged information