forwardness

American  

[fawr-werd-nis] / ˈfɔr wərd nɪs /

noun

1. overreadiness to push oneself forward; lack of appropriate modesty; presumption; boldness.

2. cheerful readiness; eagerness.

3. the condition of being advanced.

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forwardness British  

/ ˈfɔːwədnɪs /

noun

1. lack of modesty; presumption; boldness

2. willing readiness; eagerness

3. a state or condition of advanced progress or development

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Etymology

Origin of forwardness

First recorded in 1515–25; forward + -ness

Example Sentences

Forwardness I allow is so; but there is a decent familiarity that is necessary in the course of life.

From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by Moore, John Hamilton

And I observe, Cubbin, you make your Shepherd Colly, inconstant; and have an Aversion to his former Sweet-heart Soflin, on account of her Frankness, and too great Forwardness.

From A Full Enquiry into the Nature of the Pastoral (1717) by Purney, Thomas

If this Project, which is in a good Forwardness, and carried on apace, be ever finished, St. Peter’s Church will be possessed of a Treasure the more precious because there will be none like it.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

Forwardness is the soul of all progress and advancement.

From Zionism and Anti-Semitism Zionism by Nordau; and Anti-Semitism by Gottheil by Nordau, Max Simon

Forwardness A voice that is pitched back in the throat is dark, sombre, and unattractive.

From The Art of Public Speaking by Carnagey, Dale