towardly
Americanadjective
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apt to learn; promising.
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docile; tractable.
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propitious; seasonable.
adjective
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compliant
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propitious or suitable
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Example Sentences
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I found him, at present, of touchstone, with the countenance of a towardly brat, sleeping ill through indigestion.
From Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents by Beckford, William
Sir G. With all my soul.—A towardly gentleman!
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 by Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)
What wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soil, but wise and faithful labourers, to make a knowing people, a Nation of prophets, of sages, and of worthies?…
From The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 by Masson, David
But it is surprising, in apt and towardly youth, how much there is to commend in the first essays.
From Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author by Godwin, William
He was as fond as most boys of the mythical tales, “and for that I was accounted to be a towardly boy.”
From Adventures Among Books by Lang, Andrew
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