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FOR'WARDNESS, n.
An advanced stage of progress or of
preparation; advancement; as, his measures were in great
forwardness.
Robertson. Eagerness; ardor; as, it is difficult to
restrain the forwardness of youth.
Boldness; confidence; assurance; want of
due reserve or modesty.
In France it is usual to bring children into company, and cherish in them, from their infancy, a kind of forwardness and assurance. Addison. A state of advance beyond the usual
degree; prematureness; precocity; as, the forwardnessof spring
or of corn; the forwardness of a pupil.
He had such a dexterous proclivity, as his teachers were fain to restrain his forwardness. Sir H. Wotton. Syn. -- Promptness; promptitude; eagerness; ardor; zeal; assurance; confidence; boldness; impudence; presumption. | ||||||||