towardly

📖 Definitions

adverb

1. In a compliant or docile manner.

2. In a pleasant manner.

adjective

1. Compliant.

2. Pleasant.

3. Favorable.

💬 Usage Examples

“‘You’ll see,’ the girl whispered towardly, having cuddled under her thin blanket.” Viktor Khorunzhy; Jennifer. Residence of Grief; Andrew Afonin; 2016. “Master Wolfall was described by the captain of the ship Anne Francis as someone who had ‘a good, honest woman to wife and very towardly children’ ...
I cannot recall my own children ever being described as ‘towardly’.” Rev. David Long; Church History Goes a Long Way Back; Tribune (Canada); Aug 31, 2002.
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