towardly

[Eng. toward; -ly.] Ready to learn or do; apt, docile, obedient; compliant with duty. "A very proper and towardly young gentleman." Hackluyt: Voyages , i. 600. tō-ward-ne , *to-ward-ne e, subst . [Eng. toward; -ne .) The quality or state of being towardly; docility, towardline . "Wonder full towardne e and natural inc linac i on to vertue." Udall : Luke ii. IMG:content-1278.png:[blocks in formation]