introvertedly

English

Etymology

introverted + -ly

Adverb

introvertedly (comparative more introvertedly, superlative most introvertedly)

  1. In an introverted manner.
    • 1857, Isaac Taylor, chapter 15, in The World of Mind, London: Jackson and Walford, page 217:
      Mind is not always in act, either toward the outer world, or, introvertedly, toward its own states.
    • 1959, Theodora Kroeber, The Inland Whale, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, pages 162–163:
      [] a person would sit within and against the encircling walls, introvertedly sheltered and alone, looking toward the open sea.
    • 2010, Howard Jacobson, chapter 2, in The Finkler Question, New York: Bloomsbury, page 60:
      But there was little joy for him in Alfredo’s musicality. The boy – the man now – played introvertedly, for nobody’s pleasure but his own.
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