towardly
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His eldest Son is a Child of a very towardly Disposition, and as much as the Father loves him, I dare say he will never be a Knave to improve his Fortune.
From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Joseph Addison
My mistress had a daughter of nine years old, a child of towardly parts for her age, very dexterous at her needle, and skilful in dressing her baby.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey
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 Arthur Acheson
Mr, Spectator, I am the happy Father of a very towardly Son, in whom I do not only see my Life, but also my Manner of Life, renewed.
From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Joseph Addison
We have presented the letters to those whom we came to seek, and so far matters have gone with us more towardly than I had expected.
From Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland by Charlotte Mary Yonge
