internally

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪnˈtɝnəli/ UK /ɪnˈtɜːnəli/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adv
on or within the inside; in one's mind or within an organization

The company resolved the dispute internally, without going to court.

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Synonyms

1 adv · on or within the inside; in... inwardly inside inwards intrinsically

Opposites

externally outwardly outside

Word family

Related forms internal interior intern

Etymology

From internal + -ly; internal from Medieval Latin internalis, from Latin internus ('within, internal'), related to inter ('between, within').

internus Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# internally

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˈtɝnəli/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈtɜːnəli/

## Meanings
1. on or within the inside; in one's mind or within an organization

## Examples
- The company resolved the dispute internally, without going to court.

## Synonyms
- inwardly
- inside
- inwards
- intrinsically

## Antonyms
- externally
- outwardly
- outside

## Related Forms
- internal
- interior
- intern

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: internus

## Etymology
From internal + -ly; internal from Medieval Latin internalis, from Latin internus ('within, internal'), related to inter ('between, within').

## AI Etymology
internally comes from internal + -ly; internal from Medieval Latin internalis, from Latin internus ('within, internal'), related to inter ('between, within'). Morphologically, the ending is part of the etymology: the suffix is attached to the older base named in the history, producing a later English derivative. In present English, the adverb sense is "on or within the inside; in one's mind or within an organization", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as internal, interior, and intern. Its semantic neighborhood includes inwardly, inside, inwards, and intrinsically, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin internus.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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