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TOWARDLY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
ˈtȯ(-ə)rd- 1. archaic : pleasant, affable . 2. archaic : favorable, propitious.
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TOWARDLY Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
adjective · apt to learn; promising. · docile; tractable. · propitious; seasonable. towardly. / ˈtəʊədlɪ /. adjective. compliant. propitious or suitable. “ ...
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TOWARDLY definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
1. favorable, propitious, or promising 2. tractable; docile 3. friendly; affable Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.
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towardly
▪ I. towardly, a. (ˈtəʊ(w)ədlɪ, ˈtɔədlɪ) [f. toward a. + -ly1: cf. OE. tóweardl{iacu}c that is to come, future (which did not survive into ME.).] 1. Likely to lead to a desired result; promising success, propitious; helpful, favourable, advantageous; seasonable, befitting. (Cf. toward a. 4 b.)1520 S...
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towardly - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Middle English. edit. Etymology. edit. From toward + -ly. Adjective. edit. towardly. Willing to act in a way favourable to others; obliging. Adverb.
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towardly, adj. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the adjective towardly is in the early 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for towardly is from 1513, in a translation by Gavin Douglas, ...
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Webster's Dictionary 1828 - Towardly
TO'WARDLY, adjective Ready to do or learn; apt; docile; tractable; compliant with duty. Websters Dictionary 1828
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towardly, adj. (1773) - Johnson's Dictionary Online
To'wardly. adj. [from toward.] Ready to do or learn; docile; compliant with duty. Some young towardly noblemen or gentlemen were usually sent as assistants ...
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towardly - WordReference.com Dictionary of English
towardly · apt to learn; promising. · docile; tractable. · propitious; seasonable. toward + -ly 1475–85. to•ward ′li•ness, ...
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What type of word is 'towardly'? Towardly is an adjective - Word Type
towardly is an adjective: promising, propitious. Adjectives are are describing words. An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or pronoun (examples: ...
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Towardly Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary
Towardly Definition ; Appearing likely to succeed; promising. American Heritage ; Favorable, propitious, or promising. Webster's New World ; Tractable; docile.
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Robert Wolfall
Preacher," who, "being well seated and settled at home in his owne countrey, with a good and large liuing, hauing a good, honest woman to wife, and very towardly
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towardliness
ˈtowardliness Now dial. or arch. (see next) [f. towardly a. + -ness.] The quality or character of being ‘towardly’. 1. Good disposition towards something, willingness; spec. aptness to learn, docility, tractableness; forwardness in learning, ‘promise’; ingenuity, proficiency: = towardness 1, 2.a 156...
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Bassleroceras
The siphuncle is ventral, composed of thick-walled tubular segments in which connection rings thicken in towardly as in both the Ellesmerocerida and primitive
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abled
abled, ppl. a. (ˈeɪb(ə)ld) [f. able v. + -ed1.] † 1. Capable; vigorous, thriving. Obs.1576 F. Clement Petie Schole (1587) 4 How fewe be there under the age of seauen or eight yeares, that are towardly abled, and praysablie furnished for reading? 1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon ii. 11 Wee are th...
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