forwardness
IPA: fˈɔrwɝdnʌs
noun
- The quality of being forward.
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Examples of "forwardness" in Sentences
- A new edition of the Banks of Wye is in forwardness, from which some advantage is to be expected.
- One of the standard objections to the Hebrews is their "forwardness"; socially, it is a disagreeable and annoying fault, but otherwise a gift of no little value.
- She thought that I slept, the poor soul; she regretted her weakness - and what perhaps (God help her!) she called her forwardness-and in the dead of the night solaced herself with tears.
- She thought that I slept, the poor soul; she regretted her weakness -- and what perhaps (God help her!) she called her forwardness -- and in the dead of the night solaced herself with tears.
- He is so strong that when I put out two fingers and he has seized them in his fists he can draw himself up on his feet, but we discourage this forwardness, which is not desirable, say the learned.
- Nothing is known of the trial, not even the charge, but it is pretty certain that, in common with several other justices at that time, he had showed 'a want of "forwardness"'in collecting ship-money.
- Though children, when little, should not be much perplexed with rules and ceremonious parts of breeding, yet there is a sort of unmannerliness very apt to grow up with young people, if not early restrained, and that is, a forwardness to interrupt others that are speaking; and to stop them with some contradiction.
- Later, he tells the wealthy, attractive, and female owner of an oldline Jewish department store, whom he earlier insulted for her "forwardness" in challenging him, only to decide to apologize in order to win her business, his philosophy of love: "What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons," says Draper.
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