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forwardness

[ fawr-werd-nis ]

noun

  1. overreadiness to push oneself forward; lack of appropriate modesty; presumption; boldness.
  2. cheerful readiness; eagerness.
  3. the condition of being advanced.


ˈforwardness

/ ˈfɔːwədnɪs /

noun

  1. lack of modesty; presumption; boldness
  2. willing readiness; eagerness
  3. a state or condition of advanced progress or development
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of forwardness1

First recorded in 1515–25; forward + -ness
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Example Sentences

It gives you the sense of the forwardness of history as well as the backwardness.

Daughters Malia and Sasha are appreciative of the president's uptick in fashion-forwardness too.

Something like (forgive my forwardness) “No representation without taxation.”

My wife is still in the country; my house all in dirt; but my work in a good forwardness, and will be much to my mind at last.

He fell into a chaffing way with his children and laughed heartily at Marian's forwardness.

Here we are more concerned with that forwardness to serve humanity, which he made the other mark of the true nation.

Then, half-ashamed and startled at her forwardness, her gaze dropped.

The frost was followed by glowing heats, and a wonderful forwardness of flowers and fruits.

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