Meaning

superlative form of inner: most inner; the very deepest within; farthest from the surface or external part..

Definitions by Sense

1. superlative form of inner: most inner; the very deepest within; farthest from the surface or external part.
2. That which is innermost; the core.

Example Sentences

She poured her innermost feelings into her journal.

Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.

[…] he had decided to not seek outside of himself where companionship and friendliness might be a soothing submergence. It seemed he had instead chosen to turn deeply inwards, towards the measures and pains of his wracked innermosts.

Word Forms

• inmost
• innermosts

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Use innermost when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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