forwardness

[ fawr-werd-nis ]

noun

1. overreadiness to push oneself forward; lack of appropriate modesty; presumption; boldness.
2. cheerful readiness; eagerness.
3. the condition of being advanced.

ˈforwardness

/ ˈfɔːwədnɪs /

noun

1. lack of modesty; presumption; boldness
2. willing readiness; eagerness
3. a state or condition of advanced progress or development

Word History and Origins

Origin of forwardness¹

First recorded in 1515–25; forward + -ness

Example Sentences

It gives you the sense of the forwardness of history as well as the backwardness.

From The Daily Beast

Daughters Malia and Sasha are appreciative of the president's uptick in fashion-forwardness too.

From The Daily Beast

Something like (forgive my forwardness) “No representation without taxation.”

From The Daily Beast

My wife is still in the country; my house all in dirt; but my work in a good forwardness, and will be much to my mind at last.

From Project Gutenberg

He fell into a chaffing way with his children and laughed heartily at Marian's forwardness.

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Here we are more concerned with that forwardness to serve humanity, which he made the other mark of the true nation.

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Then, half-ashamed and startled at her forwardness, her gaze dropped.

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The frost was followed by glowing heats, and a wonderful forwardness of flowers and fruits.

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