Inly vs Inky - What's the difference?
inly | inky |
(obsolete) Inward; interior; secret.
* Shakespeare
Inwardly, within; internally; secretly.
* Milton
* Thomas Hardy
(obsolete) Heartily, completely, fully, thoroughly; extremely.
* , II.xi:
of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark.
* 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 6
spattered or stained with ink
As adjectives the difference between inly and inky
is that inly is inward; interior; secret while inky is of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark.As an adverb inly
is inwardly, within; internally; secretly.inly
English
Adjective
(head)- Didst thou but know the inly touch of love.
Adverb
(en adverb)- whereat he inly raged
- Thus tempted, the lust to avenge me / Germed inly and grew.
- Ne was their salue, ne was their medicine, / That mote recure their wounds: so inly they did tine.
inky
English
Adjective
(er)- Tenderly she bore him back through the inky jungle to where the tribe lay, and for many days and nights she sat guard beside him, bringing him food and water, and brushing the flies and other insects from his cruel wounds.
