towardly

Example Sentences

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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

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 Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan

Euphues" himself, the author says:—"My hope springs out of three stems—your Honours' naturall benignitie; your able emploiment of such servitours; and the towardly like-lie-hood of this springall to do you honest service.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

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 Addison, Joseph

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