In"ward*ness, n.
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.
[Obs.]
Shak.
3.
Heartiness; earnestness.
What was wanted was more inwardness, more feeling.
M. Arnold.
© Webster 1913.