forwardnessn.

/ˈfɔːwədnɪs/

Etymology: see -ness suffix.

a. The state or condition of being forward; advancement towards completion or perfection.

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

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xxviii. 41 Whan this croisy was in gret forwardnesse, for there was no spekyng but therof.

1605 M. Drayton Poems sig. Ee6^v Whilst in so faire forwardnes it was.

1661 A. Marvell Let. 18 May in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 24 That Bill w^ch is in good forwardnesse to be presented to the House.

1711 London Gaz. No. 4836/1 Funds..which are hitherto in no forwardness of being compleat.

1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 298 The arts are in no kind of forwardness here.

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §129 Mr. Jessop had..got other things in forwardness that had been committed to his charge.

1851 A. Helps Compan. Solitude xii. 242 Till it [a work] is in some state of forwardness.

†b. Furtherance, advancement. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > promotion or help forward > [noun]

filsteOE

promotion1425

furtherancec1440

further1526

speeding1530

forwardness1591

lift1622

push1655

fartherance1785

leg up1871

the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > rise in prosperity, power, or rank > advancement or promotion of a person

furtheringc1000

vancement1303

advancementc1325

promotion?a1425

vauncingc1426

advance1440

furtherancec1440

preference1456

prefermentc1465

forwardness1591

preferency1602

motion1641

promoval1653

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

1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn ii. sig. C3 Thus Fortune (Lords) acts to your forwardnes.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xxxv. 209 If you should [chuse to be divorced from me], I will give your Wishes all the Forwardness that I honourably can.

2. (Unusual) advancement towards maturity:

a. of a child.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > maturity > [noun] > early maturity

precocity1606

timeliness1613

precociousness1681

forwardness1693

prematurity1762

1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 21 Parents..bring them to a bold Confidence..and this they miscall Wit, and hopeful forwardness.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 95. ⁋4 The Satisfaction the Father took in the Forwardness of his Son.

b. of a crop, the season, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [noun] > earliness of maturity

forwardness1789

1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France II. 376 The forwardness of the season.

c1790 J. Willock Voy. diverse parts 99 Gardens..all in great forwardness.

a1864 N. Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1879) II. 139 Our peas are in such forwardness.

3. The quality of being forward; readiness, promptness, eagerness, zeal. †Also, proneness or inclination to.

ΘΚΠ

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

readinessa1400

alacritya1460

forwardness1526

graithnessc1540

alacriousness1657

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun] > to, towards, or for something

inclination?a1439

pronityc1475

forwardness1526

propensionc1530

proneness1548

propenseness1561

proclivitya1591

propensity1601

procliveness1623

propensation1650

resentment1655

verge1661

gravitating1816

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Svi^v In my body & flesshe I fynde no good, ne forwardnes to perfection.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. ii. f. 58 A man of..apt forwardenes to attempte thynges.

1611 Bible (King James) 2 Cor. ix. 2 I know the forwardnesse of your mind.

1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes i. xlii. 68 Not by reason of any forwardnesse in him to anger.

1696 T. Southerne Oroonoko iv. ii I speak..in my desire And forwardness to serve so great a man.

1818 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. i. ii. 114 I have observed in the American farmers..not the least backwardness, but great forwardness, to applaud and admire my mode of cultivating these crops.

1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece X. ii. lxxx. 480 The extreme forwardness with which these leaders exposed themselves.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 217 Forwardness to take office.

4. Over-readiness, presumptuous self-confidence; hence, lack of becoming modesty, boldness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [noun]

spritec1540

forwardnessa1616

perkinga1624

petulcity1628

perknessa1640

furthinessa1658

outbearing1740

self-assertion1805

bumptiousness1834

cockiness1841

perkiness1847

self-assertiveness1855

coxiness1859

forthputting1861

assertiveness1881

pushingness1881

aggression1889

pushfulness1897

pushiness1898

chestiness1909

attitude1975

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. ii. 140 Since the youth will not be intreated His owne perill on his forwardnesse .

1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 181 There is a fault in young Surgeons of forwardnesse in taking too much bloud at Sea.

1677 tr. A.-N. Amelot de La Houssaie Hist. Govt. Venice 145 It is indecency and too much forwardness in young Men to enquire into the Institution of their Laws, and demand Reasons for them.

1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 45 In France it is usual to bring their Children into Company, and to cherish in 'em, from their Infancy, a kind of Forwardness and Assurance.

1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. xii. 73 Nobody will call your civility, forwardness and pushing.

1875 Mrs. Randolph Wild Hyacinth I. 129 She snubs him in the..most remorseless manner..His forwardness is quite amazing.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	forwardness
释义	forwardnessn. /ˈfɔːwədnɪs/ Etymology: see -ness suffix. 1. a. The state or condition of being forward; advancement towards completion or perfection. 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 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xxviii. 41 Whan this croisy was in gret forwardnesse, for there was no spekyng but therof. 1605 M. Drayton Poems sig. Ee6^v Whilst in so faire forwardnes it was. 1661 A. Marvell Let. 18 May in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 24 That Bill w^ch is in good forwardnesse to be presented to the House. 1711 London Gaz. No. 4836/1 Funds..which are hitherto in no forwardness of being compleat. 1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 298 The arts are in no kind of forwardness here. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §129 Mr. Jessop had..got other things in forwardness that had been committed to his charge. 1851 A. Helps Compan. Solitude xii. 242 Till it [a work] is in some state of forwardness. †b. Furtherance, advancement. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > promotion or help forward > [noun] filsteOE promotion1425 furtherancec1440 further1526 speeding1530 forwardness1591 lift1622 push1655 fartherance1785 leg up1871 the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > rise in prosperity, power, or rank > advancement or promotion of a person furtheringc1000 vancement1303 advancementc1325 promotion?a1425 vauncingc1426 advance1440 furtherancec1440 preference1456 prefermentc1465 forwardness1591 preferency1602 motion1641 promoval1653 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 1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn ii. sig. C3 Thus Fortune (Lords) acts to your forwardnes. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xxxv. 209 If you should [chuse to be divorced from me], I will give your Wishes all the Forwardness that I honourably can. 2. (Unusual) advancement towards maturity: a. of a child. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > maturity > [noun] > early maturity precocity1606 timeliness1613 precociousness1681 forwardness1693 prematurity1762 1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 21 Parents..bring them to a bold Confidence..and this they miscall Wit, and hopeful forwardness. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 95. ⁋4 The Satisfaction the Father took in the Forwardness of his Son. b. of a crop, the season, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [noun] > earliness of maturity forwardness1789 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France II. 376 The forwardness of the season. c1790 J. Willock Voy. diverse parts 99 Gardens..all in great forwardness. a1864 N. Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1879) II. 139 Our peas are in such forwardness. 3. The quality of being forward; readiness, promptness, eagerness, zeal. †Also, proneness or inclination to. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [noun] > readiness or promptness readinessa1400 alacritya1460 forwardness1526 graithnessc1540 alacriousness1657 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun] > to, towards, or for something inclination?a1439 pronityc1475 forwardness1526 propensionc1530 proneness1548 propenseness1561 proclivitya1591 propensity1601 procliveness1623 propensation1650 resentment1655 verge1661 gravitating1816 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Svi^v In my body & flesshe I fynde no good, ne forwardnes to perfection. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. ii. f. 58 A man of..apt forwardenes to attempte thynges. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Cor. ix. 2 I know the forwardnesse of your mind. View more context for this quotation 1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes i. xlii. 68 Not by reason of any forwardnesse in him to anger. 1696 T. Southerne Oroonoko iv. ii I speak..in my desire And forwardness to serve so great a man. 1818 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. i. ii. 114 I have observed in the American farmers..not the least backwardness, but great forwardness, to applaud and admire my mode of cultivating these crops. 1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece X. ii. lxxx. 480 The extreme forwardness with which these leaders exposed themselves. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 217 Forwardness to take office. 4. Over-readiness, presumptuous self-confidence; hence, lack of becoming modesty, boldness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [noun] spritec1540 forwardnessa1616 perkinga1624 petulcity1628 perknessa1640 furthinessa1658 outbearing1740 self-assertion1805 bumptiousness1834 cockiness1841 perkiness1847 self-assertiveness1855 coxiness1859 forthputting1861 assertiveness1881 pushingness1881 aggression1889 pushfulness1897 pushiness1898 chestiness1909 attitude1975 a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. ii. 140 Since the youth will not be intreated His owne perill on his forwardnesse . View more context for this quotation 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 181 There is a fault in young Surgeons of forwardnesse in taking too much bloud at Sea. 1677 tr. A.-N. Amelot de La Houssaie Hist. Govt. Venice 145 It is indecency and too much forwardness in young Men to enquire into the Institution of their Laws, and demand Reasons for them. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 45 In France it is usual to bring their Children into Company, and to cherish in 'em, from their Infancy, a kind of Forwardness and Assurance. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. xii. 73 Nobody will call your civility, forwardness and pushing. 1875 Mrs. Randolph Wild Hyacinth I. 129 She snubs him in the..most remorseless manner..His forwardness is quite amazing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1523
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