towardly

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Sir G. With all my soul.—A towardly gentleman!

From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 by Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)

A thoughtful little face, that of a well-nurtured, towardly boy; lacking the poetry and spirituality of the portrait of eleven years later, where the long hair flows down upon the ruff.

From Life of John Milton by Garnett, Richard

My son Johnny, named so after his uncle, was at the grammar-school, and a towardly child. 

From Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan

Yea, I much fear that there have been many towardly lads put out by their parents to such masters, that have quite undone them as to the next world.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John

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 Yonge, Charlotte Mary