froward
adjective
willfully contrary; not easily managed.
frowardly
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a word derived from
froward.
Example Sentences
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They refuse still to return, Ephraim-like, going on frowardly in the way of their own heart.
From Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive by The Reformed Presbytery
But he goes on, and saith, ‘“For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid Me and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
From The Maidens' Lodge None of Self and All of Thee, (In the Reign of Queen Anne) by Horace Petherick
"No," frowardly responded the young man, "I sing no more, when my princess no longer listens!"
From The Daughter of an Empress by Nathaniel Greene
For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
From Ester Ried by Pansy
Bugles sang cheerily; mules, linked in fives, were being zigzagged frowardly down to water.
From From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War by G. W. (George Warrington) Steevens
