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Meanings of forwardness in English

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petulância
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Spanish
engreimiento

Offensive boldness and assertiveness.

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        Prompt willingness.

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              Usage of forwardness in English
              1
              She should avoid forwardness, and be quiet in manner and in speech.
              The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social...
              2
              The maize granary at Parramatta was also in a state of forwardness.
              An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 / ...
              3
              He thereupon privately chid his wife for her forwardness in the matter.
              The Woodlanders
              4
              The treaty for that purpose is in greater forwardness than you imagine.
              Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6
              5
              Tsz-lu has forwardness enough for them both; therefore I hold him back.
              Chinese Literature / Comprising the Analects of Confucius, the S...
              6
              The Inquiries are at an end, yet nothing is in more forwardness.
              The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2
              7
              Mr. Chickering was noted for his simplicity and straight-forwardness in business transactions.
              Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made
              8
              The manners of these children are equally removed from shyness and forwardness.
              The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither
              9
              Its spirit, invention, volubility of tongue, and forwardness in action, are unbounded.
              Characters of Shakespeare's Plays
              10
              No forwardness, though, no assumption, yet entire freedom from awkwardness or embarrassment.
              The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 / Devoted To...
              11
              The princess stared at her daughter in the utmost astonishment at her forwardness.
              Sant' Ilario
              12
              Thence to the Dockeyard, and there saw the new ship in great forwardness.
              Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 30: August/September 1664
              13
              In due time, consequently, the Turkish dresses were in great forwardness.
              Tales and Novels — Volume 07 / Patronage [part 1]
              14
              His activity in doing good is not seldom ascribed to forwardness.
              Stories for the Young; Or, Cheap Repository Tracts / Entertainin...
              15
              He was an honest enough fellow, but fell in readily with her forwardness.
              Pathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forens...
              16
              The lightness and understatement of oak is brilliantly balanced with forwardness of fruit.
              The South African
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              Portuguese
              petulância
              Forwardness through the time
              Forwardness across language varieties
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