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frowardly

frowardly adverb: in a froward manner.

Adverb

frowardly (comparative more frowardly, superlative most frowardly)

  1. in a froward manner
    • They refuse still to return, Ephraim-like, going on frowardly in the way of their own heart.1850, The Reformed Presbytery, Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638...
    • The queen of England, however, frowardly bent on opposing the match to the utmost, directed sir Nicholas Throgmorton, her ambassador, to set before the eyes of Mary a long array of objections and impediments; and he was further authorized secretly to promise support to such of the Scottish nobles...1818, Lucy Aikin, Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth

Forms of frowardly

comparativemore frowardly
superlativemost frowardly

Origin of frowardly

From Middle English frowardly; equivalent to froward + -ly.

Questions about frowardly

What does frowardly mean?
Frowardly means in a froward manner.
What part of speech is frowardly?
Frowardly is an adverb.

Words near frowardly in the dictionary

  1. frouzy
  2. frovatriptan
  3. frover
  4. frow
  5. froward
  6. frowardly
  7. frowardness
  8. frowardnesses
  9. frowards
  10. Frowenfeld
  11. frower

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