felt or experienced in your own mind but not expressed to other people Englisch:

inwardly very depressed

They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly.

She smiled inwardly.

The very pure spirit does not bother about the regard of others or human respect, but communes inwardly with God, alone and in solitude as to all forms, and with delightful tranquility, for the knowledge of God is received in divine silence.

The Japanese are often criticized for being inward looking and insufficiently international in their outlook.

She has so much inward anger in her.

inward actions or movements are directed towards the centre of something. Inward investment is investment made in one country by people and companies from other countries

inward migration

Our Union is not, and must never become, an inward looking one.

tips facing inward

It's a place where the eye and the spirit turns inward.