INTERNALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does internally mean? 

• INTERNALLY (adverb)
  The adverb INTERNALLY has 1 sense:

1. on or from the inside

  Familiarity information: INTERNALLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERNALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

On or from the inside

Context example:

an internally controlled environment

Antonym:

externally (on or from the outside)

Pertainym:

internal (happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface)

 Context examples 

Administration of a drug to the surface of the body as opposed to being administered internally.

(External Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

The most frequent site of involvement is the skin; however it may also occur internally.

(Kaposi sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of cancer characterized by the abnormal growth of blood vessels that develop into skin lesions or occur internally.

(Kaposi sarcoma, NCI Dictionary)

Myrtle leaf oil is taken internally for urinary infections, digestive problems, bronchial congestion, and dry coughs.

(Myrtle Leaf Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent has been used internally or externally for sunburn, skin problems, insect bites, ulcers, arthritis, constipation, and as an immune system enhancer.

(Aloe Vera Gel, NCI Thesaurus)

"Blue sharks can’t regulate their body temperature internally to stay warmer than the ambient seawater like white sharks can," said Braun.

(Blue sharks use ocean eddies as fast-tracks to food, National Science Foundation)

“Well, consider henceforth that I smile internally, with my soul, if you please, my soul. Consider that I am smiling now.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

And so well was she able to answer her own expectations, that when she joined them at dinner only two hours after she had first suffered the extinction of all her dearest hopes, no one would have supposed from the appearance of the sisters, that Elinor was mourning in secret over obstacles which must divide her for ever from the object of her love, and that Marianne was internally dwelling on the perfections of a man, of whose whole heart she felt thoroughly possessed, and whom she expected to see in every carriage which drove near their house.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Lady Russell had only to listen composedly, and wish them happy, but internally her heart revelled in angry pleasure, in pleased contempt, that the man who at twenty-three had seemed to understand somewhat of the value of an Anne Elliot, should, eight years afterwards, be charmed by a Louisa Musgrove.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Fanny listened collectedly, even to the last-mentioned circumstance; nay, it seemed a relief to her worn mind to be at any certainty; and the words, then by this time it is all settled, passed internally, without more evidence of emotion than a faint blush.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)