Defn: The state of being inferior; a lower state or condition; as, inferiority of rank, of talents, of age, of worth. A deep sense of our own great inferiority. Boyle.
INFERIORLY
In*fe"ri*or*ly, adv.
Defn: In an inferior manner, or on the inferior part.
INFERNAL In*fer"nal, a. Etym: [F. infernal, L. infernalis, fr. infernus that which lies beneath, the lower. See Inferior.]
1. Of or pertaining to or suitable for the lower regions, inhabited, according to the ancients, by the dead; pertaining to Pluto's realm of the dead, the Tartarus of the ancients. The Elysian fields, the infernal monarchy. Garth.
2. Of or pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting, hell; suitable for hell, or to the character of the inhabitants of hell; hellish; diabolical; as, infernal spirits, or conduct. The instruments or abettors in such infernal dealings. Addison. Infernal machine, a machine or apparatus maliciously designed to explode, and destroy life or property. — Infernal stone (lapis infernalis), lunar caustic; formerly so called. The name was also applied to caustic potash.
Syn. — Tartarean; Stygian; hellish; devilish; diabolical; satanic; fiendish; malicious.
INFERNAL
In*fer"nal, n.
Defn: An inhabitant of the infernal regions; also, the place itself.
[Obs.] Drayton.
INFERNALLY
In*fer"nal*ly, adv.