Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Inwardness

Inwardness , noun

1.
Internal or true state; essential nature; as, the inwardness of conduct.
Sense can not arrive to the inwardness Of things. — Dr. H. More
2.
Intimacy; familiarity. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
3.
Heartiness; earnestness.
What was wanted was more inwardness, more feeling. — M. Arnold