towardly

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But it is surprising, in apt and towardly youth, how much there is to commend in the first essays.

From Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author by Godwin, William

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

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

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

Docile and towardly during his seven- or nine-mile stage, he refused to perform more than his allotted task. 

From Old Roads and New Roads by Donne, William Bodham

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

From The Complete Angler 1653 by Walton, Izaak