forwardness
Americannoun
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overreadiness to push oneself forward; lack of appropriate modesty; presumption; boldness.
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cheerful readiness; eagerness.
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the condition of being advanced.
noun
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lack of modesty; presumption; boldness
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willing readiness; eagerness
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a state or condition of advanced progress or development
Etymology
Origin of forwardness
Example Sentences
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“ChatGPT encouraged an odd strain of forwardness that was helpful in getting the dates set up quickly,” Tal Murphy wrote.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 23, 2023
Clearly, I’ve decided, Washington can’t handle too much fashion forwardness.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2017
The forwardness of it, and the echo back to the obvious origin story of Lorelai and Rory, was kind of great.
From Slate ● Dec. 6, 2016
Nor had the song fully delivered a sense of tragic inevitability, in which Hamilton’s uncharacteristic reticence and Burr’s uncharacteristic forwardness ruin the lives of both men.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 2, 2015
Miss Genovese looks slightly irritated by the forwardness of the question.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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