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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 assertiveness
2. an advanced stage
3. prompt willingness
Familiarity information: FORWARDNESS used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
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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