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untowardly

untowardly adverb: in an untoward way.

Adverb

untowardly (comparative more untowardly, superlative most untowardly)

  1. In an untoward way.
    • Those ruddy plumes, embrew′d with heavenly food, / When I would suck them, twine to driest coral; / And when I couch between her lily buds, / They surge like frothy water mounts above all: / Surely, they were all made unto good uses, / But she them all untowardly abuses.1594, William Percy, Cœlia, Sonnet XII
    • O day untowardly turned!1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Adjective

untowardly (comparative more untowardly, superlative most untowardly)

  1. Untoward.
    • To disgrace therefore many untowardly asseheades, that through malepertnes thinke to purchase them the name of a good Courtyer, I would have suche a pastime for this night, that one of the company myght bee picked out who should take in hand to shape in woordes a good Courtyer, specifying all suche...1561, Baldassare Castiglione, The Book of the Courtier (1528), translated by Thomas Hoby, London: David Nutt, 1900, Book One, pp. 41-42
    • They frequently learn from unbred or debauched Servants, such Language, untowardly Tricks and Vices, as otherwise they possibly would be ignorant of all their Lives.1693, [John Locke], “§68”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC, page 75

untowardly meaning in Tamil

untowardly in Tamil

இசைவுக் கேடான, இசைவுக் கேடாக

Examples of untowardly in a sentence

  • Elton, in the course of my life, that if things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next.”1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter XVIII, in Emma: […], volume II, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for...
  • Towers, which had the effect of putting him in that high good-humour which subsequent events somewhat untowardly damped.1857, Anthony Trollope, “Mr. and Mrs. Quiverful are Made Happy. Mr. Slope is Encouraged by the Press.”, in Barchester Towers. […]...
  • Perhaps that’s because discretion is a restaurateur’s asset—to dish untowardly would be bad for business.2007 January 14, Sara Dickerman, “Are You Being Served?”, in New York Times:

Forms of untowardly

Adverb
comparativemore untowardly
superlativemost untowardly
Adjective
comparativemore untowardly
superlativemost untowardly

Origin of untowardly

From untoward + -ly.

Words formed from untowardly

Questions about untowardly

What does untowardly mean?
Untowardly means in an untoward way.
What is untowardly in Tamil?
Untowardly in Tamil is இசைவுக் கேடான, இசைவுக் கேடாக. See Untowardly meaning in Tamil.
How do you use untowardly in a sentence?
Elton, in the course of my life, that if things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next.”
What part of speech is untowardly?
Untowardly can be an adverb or an adjective.

Words near untowardly in the dictionary

  1. untousles
  2. untousling
  3. untowable
  4. untoward
  5. untowardliness
  6. untowardly
  7. untowardness
  8. untowardnesses
  9. untowards
  10. untowed
  11. untoweled

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Adapted from Wiktionary: untowardly (page history and authors); untowardly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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