towardlyadj.

/ˈtəʊ(w)ədli/

/ˈtɔːdli/

Etymology: < toward adj. + -ly suffix¹: compare Old English tóweardlíc that is to come, future (which did not survive into Middle English).

1. Likely to lead to a desired result; promising success, propitious; helpful, favourable, advantageous; seasonable, befitting. (Cf. toward adj. 4b.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > [adjective] > advantageous or favourable

likinga1387

friendlya1398

sweetc1400

propice1443

favourablec1460

towardly1520

propitious1581

aspectful1611

auspiciousa1616

benigna1631

fautive1667

benevolenta1676

bright1684

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > promise, ground of hope > [adjective] > of circumstances: propitious

trine1477

towardly1520

bright1592

ominous1593

dexter1646

rosy1685

dextral1774

fairc1820

toward1850

1520 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) II. 34 After ye shall have atteyned..any towardly comfourte, this yere, to bring our rebellious subjecttes there to summe obedience.

1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 31 What wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soile, but wise and faithfull labourers?

1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub 221 I have remarked many a towardly Word, to be wholly neglected.

1884 Athenæum 15 Mar. 340 He must choose a towardly hour.

a. Promising, ‘hopeful’, forward; apt to learn, docile: chiefly of young persons or their dispositions.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > [adjective] > clever or capable > apt or quick to learn

towardc1290

aspert1423

towardly1528

apt1535

society > education > learning > learner > qualities of learners > [adjective] > teachable

disciplinablec1454

appliant1483

docile1483

teachable1483

towardly1528

docible1549

schoolable1594

instructable1603

disciplinala1628

instructible1645

educable1834

educationable1852

educatable1868

1528 J. London Let. 25 Feb. (P.R.O. S.P. 1/47) 16 Neuer..to call hym nor any other cambridge man vnto hys most towardely colledge [sc. Christ Church, Oxford].

1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer i. sig. A*.iii One of the beste fauoured and towardlyest personages in the world deformed and marred in his greene age.

1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1589/1 They..roade to Enfelde to see the Prince,..greatly reioycing..to beholde so proper and towardly [1587 towardlie] an ympe.

1627 Abp. G. Abbot in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) 451 He was my Pupil at Oxford, and a very towardly one.

1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. v. 224 Them also I wish..mistak'n, who write that Athelstan, jealous of his younger Brother Edwin's towardly vertues,..caus'd him to be drown'd in the Sea.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 263. ⁋1 I am the happy Father of a very towardly Son.

1863 Sat. Rev. 21 Mar. 368/2 He will be a towardly scholar under a willing teacher.

b. Of plants: Promising, forward. ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by good growth > [adjective] > promising

towardly1580

forwards1598

1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 118^v Easterly windes blasteth towardlye blossoms.

1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1776) 303 Purge them of all superfluous shoots and cions, reserving only the most towardly for the future stem.

1676 M. Hale Contempl. Moral & Divine: 2nd Pt. ii. 98 Towardly Plants, are by Death Transplanted into another Region, a Garden of Happiness and Comfort.

a. Well-disposed, dutiful, tractable.

ΘΚΠ

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

freeeOE

well-willingOE

readyc1175

fainc1275

buxoma1300

prestc1300

liefc1325

rifec1390

willyc1390

baina1400

willinga1400

listyc1440

towardc1440

appliable1449

pronea1450

wilfulc1460

prompt?a1475

content1477

towardly1513

contenteda1525

towards1525

fond1529

comingc1576

unrefusinga1586

open-armed1594

voluntary1598

gainsome1629

easy1653

unreluctant1654

nothing loath1667

applicable1702

irreluctanta1706

unhesitating1753

unloath1861

prone-minded1869

society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > tractable

beisuma1225

treatable1303

waldinc1485

tractable?1504

towardly1513

obsequent1520

conformable1547

unwilful1570

sonsya1622

ductile1622

obedible1622

ductible1623

unobstinate1632

ducible1633

docile1647

fictile1676

amenable1680

tawie1786

trottya1913

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. viii. 70 Sen the sammyn four futtit beistis eik Bene oft vsit, full towartlie and meik, To draw the cart, and thoill bridill and renȝe.

1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 176 [A slave's] faithfulnes and towardly disposition.

a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xx. 64 If hee saw them any more towardly, in duties of Religion.

1672 J. Eachard Mr. Hobbs's State Nature Considered 19 I'le promise you to be very towardly for the future.

b. Favourably disposed, friendly, affable. (Cf. toward adj. 4.)

ΘΚΠ

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

holdc893

friendOE

fellowly?c1225

couthlyc1275

friendfulc1379

amiablea1382

commonc1384

queema1400

lovely1409

acquaintablea1425

familiarc1425

great1483

friendlikea1500

towardly15..

amicable1532

friendable1569

amical1580

graceful?1593

accostable1611

amicous1676

lovable1691

clever1758

unchilled1794

tosh1821

mately1822

15.. in Maton W. Counties (1797) I. 55 The ladi Elizabeth so towardli with the kinges honorable counselers.

1649 W. Davenant Love & Honour iii. iii Good heart, it is As towardly an old thing!

1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xiv. 386 England proved not yet so towardly as he expected.

1893 National Observer 18 Feb. 340/2 The men..were very courteous, and the women very towardly.

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

towardlyadv.

Etymology: < toward adj. + -ly suffix². Compare Old English tóweardlíce, in time to come, in the future (which did not survive in Middle English).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtowardly.

Now dialect or archaic.

In a ‘toward’ or ‘towardly’ manner; with favourable disposition; willingly, compliantly, obligingly; docilely, tractably, submissively; with promise of good progress, promisingly: see the adjective.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > [adverb] > advantageously or favourably

towardly1523

propicely1541

propitiously1834

propensely1922

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

to goodeOE

thankc888

yernec888

lieflyc900

lovelyeOE

lustly971

willinglyOE

wilfullyc1000

with (also mid) heart and hand (also hands)OE

fainc1175

lustilya1225

lief1297

yfaȝea1300

blethelyc1300

goodlya1375

blelyc1380

willingc1384

bainc1400

acceptably1479

bainlya1500

cheerfully1523

towardly1523

desirously1531

pronely?1532

fainly1535

wilningly1597

bongre1598

libentiously1606

volently1614

propensely1648

easily1649

with (a) good grace1650

unreluctantly1655

with the best will (in the world)1814

unhesitatingly1829

unqualifyingly1841

unloathly1844

happily1889

society > education > learning > learner > qualities of learners > [adverb] > teachable

towardly1523

teachably1804

society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adverb] > tractably

tractably1611

ductilelya1631

towardly1704

docilely1868

1523 King Henry VIII in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. I. 238 Thanks unto all the lords, capitains, and other whiche..have right towardly, benivolently, and conformably served as under you in this Jorney.

a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. (1908) II. 484 Wherin ye shewed yewe ryght benyvolent and towardly disposed.

1560 J. Heywood Fourth Hundred Epygrams xcv. sig. C Wyll you reedes shrinke still to all wyndes towardly?

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 55 To see my schollers go towardlie forward in their studies.

1704 W. Penn in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1870) IX. 342 If our friends will not behave towardly, I shall be constrained to break it.

1808 R. Anderson et al. Ballads in Cumberland Dial. (new ed.) 197 How tow'rtly she cam heame!

1874 Daily News 12 Aug. Postmaster-General Lord John Manners hands in the Twentieth Annual Report of his office as towardly as if he had done nothing but deliver letters all his life.

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

单词	towardly
释义	towardlyadj. /ˈtəʊ(w)ədli//ˈtɔːdli/ Etymology: < toward adj. + -ly suffix¹: compare Old English tóweardlíc that is to come, future (which did not survive into Middle English). 1. Likely to lead to a desired result; promising success, propitious; helpful, favourable, advantageous; seasonable, befitting. (Cf. toward adj. 4b.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [adjective] > advantageous or favourable likinga1387 friendlya1398 sweetc1400 propice1443 favourablec1460 towardly1520 propitious1581 aspectful1611 auspiciousa1616 benigna1631 fautive1667 benevolenta1676 bright1684 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > promise, ground of hope > [adjective] > of circumstances: propitious trine1477 towardly1520 bright1592 ominous1593 dexter1646 rosy1685 dextral1774 fairc1820 toward1850 1520 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) II. 34 After ye shall have atteyned..any towardly comfourte, this yere, to bring our rebellious subjecttes there to summe obedience. 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 31 What wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soile, but wise and faithfull labourers? 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub 221 I have remarked many a towardly Word, to be wholly neglected. 1884 Athenæum 15 Mar. 340 He must choose a towardly hour. 2. a. Promising, ‘hopeful’, forward; apt to learn, docile: chiefly of young persons or their dispositions. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > [adjective] > clever or capable > apt or quick to learn towardc1290 aspert1423 towardly1528 apt1535 society > education > learning > learner > qualities of learners > [adjective] > teachable disciplinablec1454 appliant1483 docile1483 teachable1483 towardly1528 docible1549 schoolable1594 instructable1603 disciplinala1628 instructible1645 educable1834 educationable1852 educatable1868 1528 J. London Let. 25 Feb. (P.R.O. S.P. 1/47) 16 Neuer..to call hym nor any other cambridge man vnto hys most towardely colledge [sc. Christ Church, Oxford]. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer i. sig. A.iii One of the beste fauoured and towardlyest personages in the world deformed and marred in his greene age. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron.* II. 1589/1 They..roade to Enfelde to see the Prince,..greatly reioycing..to beholde so proper and towardly [1587 towardlie] an ympe. 1627 Abp. G. Abbot in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) 451 He was my Pupil at Oxford, and a very towardly one. 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. v. 224 Them also I wish..mistak'n, who write that Athelstan, jealous of his younger Brother Edwin's towardly vertues,..caus'd him to be drown'd in the Sea. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 263. ⁋1 I am the happy Father of a very towardly Son. 1863 Sat. Rev. 21 Mar. 368/2 He will be a towardly scholar under a willing teacher. b. Of plants: Promising, forward. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by good growth > [adjective] > promising towardly1580 forwards1598 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 118^v Easterly windes blasteth towardlye blossoms. 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1776) 303 Purge them of all superfluous shoots and cions, reserving only the most towardly for the future stem. 1676 M. Hale Contempl. Moral & Divine: 2nd Pt. ii. 98 Towardly Plants, are by Death Transplanted into another Region, a Garden of Happiness and Comfort. 3. a. Well-disposed, dutiful, tractable. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adjective] freeeOE well-willingOE readyc1175 fainc1275 buxoma1300 prestc1300 liefc1325 rifec1390 willyc1390 baina1400 willinga1400 listyc1440 towardc1440 appliable1449 pronea1450 wilfulc1460 prompt?a1475 content1477 towardly1513 contenteda1525 towards1525 fond1529 comingc1576 unrefusinga1586 open-armed1594 voluntary1598 gainsome1629 easy1653 unreluctant1654 nothing loath1667 applicable1702 irreluctanta1706 unhesitating1753 unloath1861 prone-minded1869 society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > tractable beisuma1225 treatable1303 waldinc1485 tractable?1504 towardly1513 obsequent1520 conformable1547 unwilful1570 sonsya1622 ductile1622 obedible1622 ductible1623 unobstinate1632 ducible1633 docile1647 fictile1676 amenable1680 tawie1786 trottya1913 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. viii. 70 Sen the sammyn four futtit beistis eik Bene oft vsit, full towartlie and meik, To draw the cart, and thoill bridill and renȝe. 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 176 [A slave's] faithfulnes and towardly disposition. a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xx. 64 If hee saw them any more towardly, in duties of Religion. 1672 J. Eachard Mr. Hobbs's State Nature Considered 19 I'le promise you to be very towardly for the future. b. Favourably disposed, friendly, affable. (Cf. toward adj. 4.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] holdc893 friendOE fellowly?c1225 couthlyc1275 friendfulc1379 amiablea1382 commonc1384 queema1400 lovely1409 acquaintablea1425 familiarc1425 great1483 friendlikea1500 towardly15.. amicable1532 friendable1569 amical1580 graceful?1593 accostable1611 amicous1676 lovable1691 clever1758 unchilled1794 tosh1821 mately1822 15.. in Maton W. Counties (1797) I. 55 The ladi Elizabeth so towardli with the kinges honorable counselers. 1649 W. Davenant Love & Honour iii. iii Good heart, it is As towardly an old thing! 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xiv. 386 England proved not yet so towardly as he expected. 1893 National Observer 18 Feb. 340/2 The men..were very courteous, and the women very towardly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019). towardlyadv. Etymology: < toward adj. + -ly suffix². Compare Old English tóweardlíce, in time to come, in the future (which did not survive in Middle English).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtowardly. Now dialect or archaic. In a ‘toward’ or ‘towardly’ manner; with favourable disposition; willingly, compliantly, obligingly; docilely, tractably, submissively; with promise of good progress, promisingly: see the adjective. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [adverb] > advantageously or favourably towardly1523 propicely1541 propitiously1834 propensely1922 the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adverb] to goodeOE thankc888 yernec888 lieflyc900 lovelyeOE lustly971 willinglyOE wilfullyc1000 with (also mid) heart and hand (also hands)OE fainc1175 lustilya1225 lief1297 yfaȝea1300 blethelyc1300 goodlya1375 blelyc1380 willingc1384 bainc1400 acceptably1479 bainlya1500 cheerfully1523 towardly1523 desirously1531 pronely?1532 fainly1535 wilningly1597 bongre1598 libentiously1606 volently1614 propensely1648 easily1649 with (a) good grace1650 unreluctantly1655 with the best will (in the world)1814 unhesitatingly1829 unqualifyingly1841 unloathly1844 happily1889 society > education > learning > learner > qualities of learners > [adverb] > teachable towardly1523 teachably1804 society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adverb] > tractably tractably1611 ductilelya1631 towardly1704 docilely1868 1523 King Henry VIII in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. I. 238 Thanks unto all the lords, capitains, and other whiche..have right towardly, benivolently, and conformably served as under you in this Jorney. a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. (1908) II. 484 Wherin ye shewed yewe ryght benyvolent and towardly disposed. 1560 J. Heywood Fourth Hundred Epygrams xcv. sig. C Wyll you reedes shrinke still to all wyndes towardly? 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 55 To see my schollers go towardlie forward in their studies. 1704 W. Penn in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1870) IX. 342 If our friends will not behave towardly, I shall be constrained to break it. 1808 R. Anderson et al. Ballads in Cumberland Dial. (new ed.) 197 How tow'rtly she cam heame! 1874 Daily News 12 Aug. Postmaster-General Lord John Manners hands in the Twentieth Annual Report of his office as towardly as if he had done nothing but deliver letters all his life. 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