towardly
adj/ˈtəʊ(w)ədli/UK/ˈtɔɹdli/US
Etymology
From Middle English towardly; equivalent to toward + -ly.
- inherited from towardly
Definitions
Promising, propitious.
- 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.
- My Son Johnny, named ſo after his Uncle, was at the Grammar School, and a towardly Child. My daughter Betty (who is now well married, and has Children) was then at her Needle-Work.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA