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untowardnesses

untowardnesses is the plural of untowardness.

Meaning of untowardness

Noun

untowardness (countable and uncountable, plural untowardnesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state or condition of being untoward.
    • [M]ans reaſon is ſo farre off from being the meaſurer of faith, vvhich very far exceedeth nature, that it is not ſo much as the meaſurer of nature, & of the leaſt creatures vvhich lie farre vnderneath man; becauſe of the ignorance and vntovvardnes vvhich is in vs and raigneth in vs.1587, Philip of Mornay [i.e., Philippe de Mornay], “The Preface to the Reader”, in Philip Sidney, Arthur Golding, transl., A Woorke Concerning the Trewnesse of the Christian Religion, […], London...
  2. (countable) Something untoward.

Questions about untowardnesses

What is untowardnesses the plural of?
Untowardnesses is the plural of untowardness.

Words near untowardnesses in the dictionary

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

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