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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Etymology
Origin of towardly
Example Sentences
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Mr, Spectator, I am the happy Father of a very towardly Son, in whom I do not only see my Life, but also my Manner of Life, renewed.
From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Joseph Addison
Sir G. With all my soul.—A towardly gentleman!
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 by S. C. (Stephen Cullen) Carpenter
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 Joseph Addison
It is a world to see, how well-favouredly and how towardly touching religion these men agree with the fathers of whom they use to vaunt that they be their own good.
From The Apology of the Church of England by Lady Ann Bacon
Marry, and I am glad of it: I am like to have a towardly scholar of you.
From The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton
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