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Webster 1913 Edition

Towardly

To′ward-ly

,

Adj.

Same as

,

Adj.

, 2.

He’s

towardly

and will come on apace.

Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Towardly

TO'WARDLY

,

Adj.

Ready to do or learn; apt; docile; tractable; compliant with duty.

Definition 2024

towardly

towardly

English

Adjective

towardly ‎(comparative more towardly, superlative most towardly)

Promising, propitious.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
  What wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soile, but wise and faithfull labourers, to make a knowing people, a Nation of Prophets, of Sages, and of Worthies.

Derived terms

towardliness