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Definition of Introverted
1. Adjective. Given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences.
Attributes: Introspectiveness
Antonyms: Extrospective
Derivative terms: Introspect, Introspectiveness
Definition of Introverted
1. Adjective. Possessing the characteristic property of an introvert. Preferring the internal, satisfied with self, lacking interest or comfort in social interactions. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Introverted
1. introvert [v] - See also: introvert
Lexicographical Neighbors of Introverted
Literary usage of Introverted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The repetition of the first couplet as an envoi is suggested by Zenner and many
commentators, to complete the envelope-form of the poem, or the introverted ..."
2. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1841)
"PARALLEL LINES introverted.—These are stanzas so constructed, that, whatever be
the number of lines, ... This may be called the introverted parallelism. ..."
3. A key to the Book of psalms by Thomas Boys (1825)
"The character of Psalms in which the introverted construction prevails, ...
I shall begin by offering a few promiscuous examples of the introverted ..."
4. Sacred Literature: Comprising a Review of the Principles of Composition Laid by John Jebb (1820)
"This may be called the introverted paral-. lelism: — My son, if thine heart be
wise; My heart also shall rejoice j Yea, ray reins shall rejoice;. ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"48, G), nor can it be fully introverted owing to the bands (fig. 48, F) which
tie the axial pharynx to the adjacent wall of the apical part of the introvert ..."
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