forwardness
pronunciation
How to pronounce forwardness in British English:
UK [ˈfɔ:wədnəs]
How to pronounce forwardness in American English:
US [ˈfɔrwərdnəs]
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- Noun:
- offensive assertiveness
Word Origin
- forwardness (n.)
- 1520s, "condition of being in advance," from forward + -ness. Meaning "presumptuousness" is from c. 1600. Old English foreweardness meant "a beginning."
Example
- 1. He thereupon privately chide his wife for her forwardness in the matter .
- 2. Kjv I speak not by commandment , but by occasion of the forwardness of others , and to prove the sincerity of your love .
- 3. Surely he would not ; there was no language of edibles , and butter was no emblem of unmaidenly forwardness .
- 4. Kjv for I know the forwardness of your mind , for which I boast of you to them of macedonia , that achaia was ready a year ago ; and your zeal hath provoked very many .
- 5. Cor 9:2 for I know the forwardness of your mind , for which I boast of you to them of macedonia , that achaia was ready a year ago ; and your zeal hath provoked very many .