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FORWARDNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does forwardness mean? 

FORWARDNESS (noun)
  The noun FORWARDNESS has 3 senses:

1. offensive boldness and assertivenessplay

2. an advanced stageplay

3. prompt willingnessplay

  Familiarity information: FORWARDNESS used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


FORWARDNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Offensive boldness and assertiveness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

bumptiousness; cockiness; forwardness; pushiness

Hypernyms ("forwardness" is a kind of...):

assertiveness; self-assertiveness (aggressive self-assurance; given to making bold assertions)

Derivation:

forward (used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty)


Sense 2

Meaning:

An advanced stage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

the arts are in no kind of forwardness in this matter

Hypernyms ("forwardness" is a kind of...):

earliness (quality of coming early or earlier in time)

Derivation:

forward (moving forward)


Sense 3

Meaning:

Prompt willingness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

eagerness; forwardness; readiness; zeal

Context example:

he tried to explain his forwardness in battle

Hypernyms ("forwardness" is a kind of...):

willingness (cheerful compliance)


 Context examples 


Anne's only surprise was, that affairs should be in forwardness enough for Henrietta's wedding-clothes to be talked of.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)



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