Forwardness
['fɔ:wədnis]
Definition
(noun.) an advanced stage; 'the forwardness of the harvest this year'; 'the arts are in no kind of forwardness in this matter'.
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Definition
(n.) The quality of being forward; cheerful readiness; promtness; as, the forwardness of Christians in propagating the gospel.
(n.) An advanced stage of progress or of preparation; advancement; as, his measures were in great forwardness.
(n.) Eagerness; ardor; as, it is difficult to restrain the forwardness of youth.
(n.) Boldness; confidence; assurance; want of due reserve or modesty.
(n.) A state of advance beyond the usual degree; prematureness; precocity; as, the forwardnessof spring or of corn; the forwardness of a pupil.
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Examples
- In the interests of renown the forwardness should lie chiefly in the capacity to handle things. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Jessie, curb that tongue of yours, and repress your forwardness! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Obtrusiveness is a crime, forwardness is a crime, and both disgust; but love! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And this, as I imagine, is the reason why the forwardness to take office, instead of waiting to be compelled, has been deemed dishonourable. Plato. The Republic.
- Thus she was a girl of some forwardness of mind, indeed, weighed in relation to her situation among the very rearward of thinkers, very original. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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