towardly

Example Sentences

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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

He was as fond as most boys of the mythical tales, “and for that I was accounted to be a towardly boy.”

From Adventures Among Books by Lang, Andrew

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

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