towardlinessn.

Etymology: < towardly adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtowardliness.

Now dialect or archaic.

The quality or character of being ‘towardly’.

1. Good disposition towards something, willingness; spec. aptness to learn, docility, tractableness; forwardness in learning, ‘promise’; ingenuity, proficiency: = towardness n. 1, 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [noun]

willOE

goodwilllOE

wilfulnessa1398

freenessc1400

freedoma1425

towardness1461

willingness1535

towardlinessa1569

fitness1604

inclinableness1608

lubency1623

pronenessa1640

libence1654

promptitude1712

allubescency1727

willinghood1841

unhesitatingness1876

the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > mental > aptness to learn

capacity1485

towardness1509

towardlinessa1569

aptness1598

a1569 A. Kingsmill Conf. containing Conflict with Satan 25 in Most Excellent & Comfortable Treat. (new ed.) (1578) Such as haue no towardlinesse nor framing of their hearts..to do the will of God.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 360 [He] appointed eight hundred of the Christian children, in whom appeared most towardlinesse, to be brought vp for Ianizaries.

1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. sig. A2 All schollars of any towardlinesse and diligence may be made absolute Grammarians, and euery way fit for the Vniuersitie, by fifteen yeares of age.

1735–6 T. Carte Hist. Life Duke Ormonde I. Introd. 65 The loss of his only son, a noble young gentleman and of great towardliness.

1830 W. Godwin Cloudesley III. i. 3 I had children that improved every day in towardliness and beauty.

2. Favourableness, friendliness, affability.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun]

friendshipOE

friendliheada1393

fellowshipa1400

friendsomenessa1400

study?c1400

friendlinessc1475

stomach1476

friendlihood1481

towardliness1566

friending1596

amicability1643

amicableness1646

amicality1836

palliness1904

mateyness1915

matehood1924

palsy-walsiness1942

1566 Mary Queen of Scots Let. in J. Melville Mem. (1735) 144 Touching our Towardliness to them of the Religion.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 573 The great towardlinesse and courteous nature of the Turkish emperour.

3. Furtherance, advancement, promotion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [noun] > state of advancement towards completion

towardness1475

forwardness1523

advancement1540

onwardness1548

towardliness1553

prolation1610

forwardliness1647

mid-career1720

advolution1883

the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > [noun]

furtheringc1000

advancementc1325

nourishingc1325

speedingc1400

promotion1425

vauncingc1426

furtherancec1440

expedition1445

preferment1454

further1526

profection1533

towardliness1553

maturation1584

comforting1605

forwarding1635

advance1642

promotement1661

forwardness1741

fosterage1816

1553 S. Cabot in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) i. 262 In towardlines of beneficiall traffike.

1651 T. Manton Pract. Comm. James (iv. 15) 509 If God suspend his concurrence, the creatures cannot act, at least not with any towardliness and success.

†4. Likelihood, likely condition or position, prospect; in such phrases as in great towardliness, very likely. (Cf. towardness n. 3) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [noun]

weenOE

likeliheadc1405

likelinessc1405

likelihood1427

probabilityc1443

probablenessc1443

likehood1525

towardness1549

main chance1577

towardliness1579

1579–80 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (1676) 297 Cato put out of the Senate also, one Manlius, who was in great towardliness to have been made Consull.

1655 J. Owen Vindiciæ Evangelicæ in Wks. (1853) XII. 192 The signs..that he would be exalted to a Kingdom. He was by them in a good towardliness for it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	towardliness
释义	towardlinessn. Etymology: < towardly adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtowardliness. Now dialect or archaic. The quality or character of being ‘towardly’. 1. Good disposition towards something, willingness; spec. aptness to learn, docility, tractableness; forwardness in learning, ‘promise’; ingenuity, proficiency: = towardness n. 1, 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [noun] willOE goodwilllOE wilfulnessa1398 freenessc1400 freedoma1425 towardness1461 willingness1535 towardlinessa1569 fitness1604 inclinableness1608 lubency1623 pronenessa1640 libence1654 promptitude1712 allubescency1727 willinghood1841 unhesitatingness1876 the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > mental > aptness to learn capacity1485 towardness1509 towardlinessa1569 aptness1598 a1569 A. Kingsmill Conf. containing Conflict with Satan 25 in Most Excellent & Comfortable Treat. (new ed.) (1578) Such as haue no towardlinesse nor framing of their hearts..to do the will of God. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 360 [He] appointed eight hundred of the Christian children, in whom appeared most towardlinesse, to be brought vp for Ianizaries. 1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. sig. A2 All schollars of any towardlinesse and diligence may be made absolute Grammarians, and euery way fit for the Vniuersitie, by fifteen yeares of age. 1735–6 T. Carte Hist. Life Duke Ormonde I. Introd. 65 The loss of his only son, a noble young gentleman and of great towardliness. 1830 W. Godwin Cloudesley III. i. 3 I had children that improved every day in towardliness and beauty. 2. Favourableness, friendliness, affability. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] friendshipOE friendliheada1393 fellowshipa1400 friendsomenessa1400 study?c1400 friendlinessc1475 stomach1476 friendlihood1481 towardliness1566 friending1596 amicability1643 amicableness1646 amicality1836 palliness1904 mateyness1915 matehood1924 palsy-walsiness1942 1566 Mary Queen of Scots Let. in J. Melville Mem. (1735) 144 Touching our Towardliness to them of the Religion. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 573 The great towardlinesse and courteous nature of the Turkish emperour. 3. Furtherance, advancement, promotion. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [noun] > state of advancement towards completion towardness1475 forwardness1523 advancement1540 onwardness1548 towardliness1553 prolation1610 forwardliness1647 mid-career1720 advolution1883 the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > [noun] furtheringc1000 advancementc1325 nourishingc1325 speedingc1400 promotion1425 vauncingc1426 furtherancec1440 expedition1445 preferment1454 further1526 profection1533 towardliness1553 maturation1584 comforting1605 forwarding1635 advance1642 promotement1661 forwardness1741 fosterage1816 1553 S. Cabot in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) i. 262 In towardlines of beneficiall traffike. 1651 T. Manton Pract. Comm. James (iv. 15) 509 If God suspend his concurrence, the creatures cannot act, at least not with any towardliness and success. †4. Likelihood, likely condition or position, prospect; in such phrases as in great towardliness, very likely. (Cf. towardness n. 3) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [noun] weenOE likeliheadc1405 likelinessc1405 likelihood1427 probabilityc1443 probablenessc1443 likehood1525 towardness1549 main chance1577 towardliness1579 1579–80 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (1676) 297 Cato put out of the Senate also, one Manlius, who was in great towardliness to have been made Consull. 1655 J. Owen Vindiciæ Evangelicæ in Wks. (1853) XII. 192 The signs..that he would be exalted to a Kingdom. He was by them in a good towardliness for it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1553
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