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noun
Forwardness  n.  
1.
The quality of being forward; cheerful readiness; promtness; as, the forwardness of Christians in propagating the gospel.
2.
An advanced stage of progress or of preparation; advancement; as, his measures were in great forwardness.
3.
Eagerness; ardor; as, it is difficult to restrain the forwardness of youth.
4.
Boldness; confidence; assurance; want of due reserve or modesty. "In France it is usual to bring children into company, and cherish in them, from their infancy, a kind of forwardness and assurance."
5.
A state of advance beyond the usual degree; prematureness; precocity; as, the forwardnessof spring or of corn; the forwardness of a pupil. "He had such a dexterous proclivity, as his teachers were fain to restrain his forwardness."
Synonyms: Promptness; promptitude; eagerness; ardor; zeal; assurance; confidence; boldness; impudence; presumption.





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"Forwardness" Quotes from Famous Books



... a few instants away from it, and yet on our return we saw everything in good forwardness for recommencing ...
— Memoirs Of Fanny Hill - A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) • John Cleland
... Society; which volume, as treating practically of the Wear, Destruction, and Retexture of Spiritual Tissues, or Garments, forms, properly speaking, the Transcendental or ultimate Portion of this my work on Clothes, and is already in a state of forwardness.' ...
— Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History • Thomas Carlyle
... themselves out of the public revenues to get the name of thieves. And not being ambitious they do not care about honour. Wherefore necessity must be laid upon them, and they must be induced to serve from the fear of punishment. And this, as I imagine, is the reason why the forwardness to take office, instead of waiting to be compelled, has been deemed dishonourable. Now the worst part of the punishment is that he who refuses to rule is liable to be ruled by one who is worse than himself. ...
— The Republic • Plato
... was a girl of some forwardness of mind, indeed, weighed in relation to her situation among the very rearward of thinkers, very original. Her instincts towards social non-comformity were at the root of this. In the matter of holidays, ...
— The Return of the Native • Thomas Hardy
... District, and also a site in the county of Alexandria for a county jail, both of which objects have been effected. The building of the penitentiary has been commenced, and is in such a degree of forwardness as to promise that it will be completed before the meeting of the next Congress. This consideration points to the expediency of maturing at the present session a system for the regulation and government of the penitentiary, and of defining a system for the regulation and government ...
— State of the Union Addresses of John Quincy Adams • John Quincy Adams


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