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
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Stow in his Annals, calleth him, a most valiant and towardly Gentleman.
From The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) by William Riley Parker
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
We have presented the letters to those whom we came to seek, and so far matters have gone with us more towardly than I had expected.
From Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland by Charlotte Mary Yonge
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 Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey
Marry, and I am glad of it: I am like to have a towardly Scholer of you.
From The Complete Angler 1653 by Izaak Walton
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