'Inwards' definitions:

Definition of 'inwards'

adverb

To or toward the inside of; "come in"; "smash in the door" [syn: in, inwards, inward]

adverb

Toward the center or interior; "move the needle further inwards!" [syn: inward, inwards] [ant: outward, outwards]

From: GCIDE

Inward \In"ward\, Inwards \In"wards\, adv. [AS. inweard. The ending -s is prop. a genitive ending. See Inward, a., -wards.] [1913 Webster]
1. Toward the inside; toward the center or interior; as, to bend a thing inward. [1913 Webster]
2. Into, or toward, the mind or thoughts; inwardly; as, to turn the attention inward. [1913 Webster]
So much the rather, thou Celestial Light, Shine inward. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE