untowardness
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Hajw—Satires on the hypocrisy of the �unco' guid,� the impiety of the pious, the ignorance of the learned, and the untowardness of his own generation.
From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar
I would that had been sent that would mend thy untowardness and bring thy temper to a comelier mould.
From Mistress Penwick by Payne, Dutton
It was probably that untowardness in his outward appearance, which never afterwards left him, that made his schoolfellows consider him a dull boy, fit only to be the butt of their ridicule.
From Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives by Cary, Henry Francis
It also flows from a fearful, cowardly spirit; there is nothing of greatness in it, except it be greatness of untowardness.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by Bunyan, John
But that is his goodness ever ready to do, unless there be hindrance through the untowardness of our own froward will.
From Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens by Stevens, Monica
