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forwardly, adv. (and a.)|ˈfɔːwədlɪ|
[f. forward a. + -ly.]
A. adv.
1. In a forward manner; readily, promptly, eagerly; presumptuously, pertly.
1552Huloet, Forwardly or towardly, recte. 1587Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 1579/2 He was not so suddenlie come, as forwardlie welcome. 1651Jer. Taylor Serm. for Year i. Ep. Ded., You must not admire too forwardly for your own sake. 1690Locke Hum. Und. iv. viii. §3, I grant, as forwardly as any one, that they are all true. 1712Steele Spect. No. 504 ⁋5 The fellow..very forwardly, and like a man who was willing to deal, told him [etc.]. 1812W. Godwin Let. in Hogg Life Shelley (1858) II. iii. 86, I shall still acknowledge as forwardly as ever the lovely qualities. 1813Examiner 15 Feb. 103/2 Men being forwardly obedient to all the impulses they receive from themselves.
†2. In a forward position, in the fore part. Obs.
1578Banister Hist. Man i. 24 The Cartilages, which the ribbes forwardly produce, are diuerse. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. v. xix. 261 If the horne have this situation, and be so forwardly affixed. 1654tr. Scudery's Curia Pol. 189 When his valour marched so forwardly in the Van.
3. In a forward direction, towards the front. U.S.
1876Mrs. Whitney Sights & Ins. vi. 82 We did not come upon it forwardly..we moved alongside it. 1884Harper's Mag. Jan. 263/1 The..hands were stretched out forwardly, as though feeling the way.
†4. Early, prematurely. Obs.
a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 546 Mary, Cleophas his daughter, was forwardly married, and a mother before she was 5 yeers old.
†B. adj.
a. Eager, ready.
b. Advanced (in growth or progress). Also, of a season: Early.
1581Mulcaster Positions xxxvii. (1887) 151 Til the childe be either in the grammar schole, by orderly ascent, and not by two forewardly hast. 1598R. Barckley Felic. Man Ded. (1603) *iv b, It was so forwardly that I could not well hinder the impression. 1647Trapp Comm. Matt. xviii. 21 Peter is still the same; ever too forwardly and forth-putting. 1670W. Hughes Compl. Vineyard (1683) 39 Neither ought it to be done, unless it be a forwardly Spring..If your Vines be forwardly, you ought..[to] break off some of the Leaves.
Hence † ˈforwardliness, forward condition.
1647Trapp Comm. Luke xxi. 38 Let our people look upon their forwardliness. 1667Lond. Gaz. No. 220/2 The two Men of War that were building..are in a good forwardliness. |