towardly
Example Sentences
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My son Johnny, named so after his uncle, was at the grammar-school, and a towardly child.
From Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Sir G. With all my soul.—A towardly gentleman!
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 by S. C. (Stephen Cullen) Carpenter
We have presented the letters to those whom we came to seek, and so far matters have gone with us more towardly than I had expected.
From Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland by Charlotte Mary Yonge
My son Johnny was at the grammar school, and a towardly child.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction by Arthur Mee
What wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soil, but wise and faithful labourers, to make a knowing people, a Nation of prophets, of sages, and of worthies?…
From The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 by David Masson
