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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Origin of towardly
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
Docile and towardly during his seven- or nine-mile stage, he refused to perform more than his allotted task.
From Old Roads and New Roads by Donne, William Bodham
What wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soil, but wise and faithful laborers, to make a knowing people, a nation of prophets, of sages, and of worthies?
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)
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
His eldest Son is a Child of a very towardly Disposition, and as much as the Father loves him, I dare say he will never be a Knave to improve his Fortune.
From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph
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