towardly
Example Sentences
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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 scholar of you.
From The Compleat Angler by Walton, Izaak
My son Johnny, named so after his uncle, was at the grammar-school, and a towardly child.
From Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan
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
A thoughtful little face, that of a well-nurtured, towardly boy; lacking the poetry and spirituality of the portrait of eleven years later, where the long hair flows down upon the ruff.
From Life of John Milton by Garnett, Richard
