towardly

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What wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soil, but wise and faithful labourers, to make a knowing people, a Nation of prophets, of sages, and of worthies?…

From The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 by Masson, David

I found him, at present, of touchstone, with the countenance of a towardly brat, sleeping ill through indigestion. 

From Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents by Beckford, William

Sir G. With all my soul.—A towardly gentleman!

From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 by Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)

My hope springs out of three stems: your Honors naturall benignitie; your able employment of such servitours; and the towardly likeliehood of this Springall to do you honest service.

From Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 by Acheson, Arthur

Marry, and I am glad of it: I am like to have a towardly scholar of you.

From The Compleat Angler by Walton, Izaak