inner

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective located inward; - Leonard Bernstein; - David Denby; - A.R.Gurney,Jr.
adjective located or occurring within or closer to a center
adjective innermost or essential

From Middle English inner, ynner, ynnere, from Old English innera, comparative of inne (“within”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁en.

It flies with the inner wings. — The Insect Folk, Morley, Margaret Warner
And he went into the inner cabin. — The best short stories of 1917, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown
Poirot went straight to the inner room. — The Big Four, Agatha Christie

interior, internal

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