towardly

[ tawrd-lee, tohrd- ]

adjective

, Archaic.

1. apt to learn; promising.
2. docile; tractable.
3. propitious; seasonable.

towardly

/ ˈtəʊədlɪ /

adjective

1. compliant
2. propitious or suitable

Derived Forms

• ˈtowardliness, noun

Other Words From

• to·wardli·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of towardly¹

First recorded in 1475–85; toward + -ly

Example Sentences

But there was one misfortune: thinking to help, she was rather towardly than otherwise to my Dutchman.

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Cheer up, son-in-law: your children are very towardly, you see they can ask blessing already.

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Docile and towardly during his seven- or nine-mile stage, he refused to perform more than his allotted task.

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He was my pupil at Oxford, and a very towardly one; and this knowledge, each of the other, hath continued unto this time.

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Thou art towardly, she is modest; thou art provident, she is careful.

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Related Words

• appropriate
• convenient
• prompt
• proper
• up-to-date
• up-to-the-minute