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innermore

innermore is the comparative form of inner.

Meaning of inner

Adjective

inner (comparative (rare) innermore or (obsolete) inmore, superlative innermost or inmost)

  1. Being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something.
    • inner door; inner room; inner sanctum; inner surface
  2. Close to the centre, located near or closer to center.
    • the inner suburbs
  3. Inside or closer to the inside of the body.
    • inner ear
  4. Of mind or spirit, relating to the mind or spirit, to spiritual or mental processes, mental, spiritual, relating to somebody's private feelings or happening in somebody's mind, existing as an often repressed part of one's psychological makeup.
    • inner confidence; inner strength; inner life; inner child; inner artist; inner peace; inner light
  5. Not obvious, private, not expressed, not apparent, hidden, less apparent, deeper, obscure; innermost or essential; needing to be examined closely or thought about in order to be seen or understood.
    • inner meaning; inner resources; inner logic
  6. Privileged, more or most privileged, more or most influential, intimate, exclusive, more important, more intimate, private, secret, confined to an exclusive group, exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence being near a center especially of influence.
    • inner circle; inner council

See all 13 meanings of inner

Forms of innermore

alternative form (obsolete)inmore

Origin of innermore

From Middle English innermore, innermor, equivalent to inner + -more.

Questions about innermore

What is innermore the comparative form of?
Innermore is the comparative form of inner.

Words near innermore in the dictionary

  1. innerestin
  2. innerestin'
  3. inneresting
  4. Innerleithen
  5. innerly
  6. innermore
  7. innermost
  8. innermost stable circular orbit
  9. innermost stable circular orbits
  10. innermostly
  11. innermostness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: innermore (page history and authors); inner (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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