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Webster 1913 Edition


Untowardly

Un-to′ward-ly

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Adj.
Perverse; froward; untoward.
Untowardly tricks and vices.”
Locke.

Webster 1828 Edition


Untowardly

UNTO'WARDLY

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adv.
In a froward or perverse manner; perversely; ungainly.

UNTO'WARDLY

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Adj.
Awkward; perverse; froward.

Definition 2024


untowardly

untowardly

English

Adverb

untowardly (comparative more untowardly, superlative most untowardly)

  1. In an untoward way.
    • 2007 January 14, Sara Dickerman, “Are You Being Served?”, in New York Times:
      Perhaps that’s because discretion is a restaurateur’s asset — to dish untowardly would be bad for business.

Adjective

untowardly (comparative more untowardly, superlative most untowardly)

  1. untoward

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