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Definition: Forwardness |
ForwardnessNoun1. Offensive assertiveness. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "forwardness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1591. (references) |
Synonyms: ForwardnessSynonyms: bumptiousness (n), cockiness (n), pushiness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Willingness | Geniality, cordiality; goodwill; alacrity, readiness, earnestness, forwardness; eagerness; (desire). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Forwardness |
| English words defined with "forwardness": Procacity. (references) |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | The building of the penitentiary has been commenced, and is in such a degree of forwardness as to promise that it will be completed before the meeting of the next Congress. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Forwardness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Forwardness" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 8 | 124,375 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "forwardness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | guxim (audacity, boldness, courage, dare, daring, doughtiness, fearlessness, fortitude, guts, hardihood, hardiness, heart, intrepidity, mettle, nerve, pluck, spirit, spunk, stoutness, valor, valorous, valour), gatishmëri (celerity, complaisance, disposition, mobility, preparedness, promptitude, readiness, willingness). (various references) | |
Arabic | وقاحة (audacity, boldness, cheek, effrontery, face, flippancy, gall, hardihood, immodesty, impertinence, impolicy, impudence, insolence, lip, manginess, nastiness, naughtiness, nerve, perkiness, pertness, presumption, sauce, sauciness), حالة متقدمة, بضج مبكر. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ранно развитие (prematurity), готовност (alacrity, avidity, eagerness, goodwill, preparedness, readiness, trim, willingness), напреднало състояние, дързост (arrogance, assumption, audacity, cheek, contumely, daring, hardihood, hardiness, impudence, intrepidity, nerve, pluck, sauce, temerity, uppishness). (various references) | |
Czech | pokroèilost. (various references) | |
French | prématurée, précocité, effronterie, état avancé. (various references) | |
German | Frühreife (precociousness, precocity, prematureness), vorwitz (cheek, cheekiness, curiosity, inquisitiveness, pertness), dreistigkeit (audaciousness, audacity, boldness, brashness, brazenness, cheekiness, face, hardihood, naughtiness, presumption, presumptuousness). (various references) | |
Greek | προθυμία (alacrity, eagerness, gameness, neighborliness, neighbourliness, promptitude, promptness, readiness, towardness, willingness), αυθάδεια (audacity, effrontery, impertinence, insolence, pertness, precocity, sauce, sauciness). (various references) | |
Hungarian | haladás (advance, advancement, course, getting on, going, going on, head, headway, progress, progression, progressive). (various references) | |
Italian | precocit , esser avanti. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 僭越 (audacity), 僭上 (audacity). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | せ"じょう (a streak, audacity, battlefield, battleground, cleaning, fan form, filament, irrigation, line, linear, rifling, sensational, suggestiveness, washing), せ"えつ (arrogant, audacity, presumptuous). (various references) | |
Manx | shenn-chreenaght (precociousness), lheahys, goll er oaie (get along, go forward, move forward, moving along), aase (apophysis, culture, develop, evolve, grow, growth, tumour, wax). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | orwardnessfay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | zelo (assiduity, care, fervor, fervour, warmth, zeal), progresso (advance, advancement, course, headway, improvement, increase, process, progress, promotion), presteza (activity, agility, haste, legerity, promptitude, speed), precocidade (precocity), petulância (cockiness, mouth, petulance, tantrum), antecipação (advancement, forethought), adiantamento (advance, advance money, progress). (various references) | |
Romanian | zel (Ardor, ardour, devoutness, eagerness, earnestness, fervour, gumption, metal, mettle, readiness, solicitude, vim, warmth, zeal), promptitudine (dispatch, enterprise, expedience, expediency, expedition, promptitude, readiness), precocitate (precociousness, precocity), obrãznicie (audacity, blunder, brass, break, cheek, coolness, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, lip, naughtiness, nerve, perkiness, pertness, sauce, trespass, unruliness), nivel ridicat de dezvoltare, grabã (cursoriness, dispatch, expedition, haste, hastiness, hurry, pelt, press, quickness, rapture, readiness, rush, scamper, speed), avansare (accession, advancement, preferment, promotion, rise, rising, uprise), îndrãznealã (audacity, boldness, courage, daring, face, fearlessness, front, hardihood, impudence, pertness, recklessness, sand, temerity), înaintare (advance, advancement, furtherance, headway). (various references) | |
Russian | раннее развитие. (various references) | |
Scottish | dalmachd (audacity), cuidealas (conceit, pertness). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | spremnost (competence, competency, preparedness, readiness, willingness), drskost (arrogance, audaciousness, brash, effrontery, impertinence, impudence, lip, nerve, petulance, presumption, temerity). (various references) | |
Spanish | precocidad (precociousness, precocity, prematureness, prematurity), adelantamiento (advancement, improvement, overtaking, passing). (various references) | |
Swedish | framskridet stadium, framfusighet (pushingness), tidighet (earliness, early maturity, precocity), näsvishet (flippancy, impertinence, impertinency, impudence), iver (alacrity, ambition, anxiety, application, Ardor, ardour, avidity, eagerness, excitement, fervency, fervor, fervour, heat, urgency, willingness, zeal, zest), brådmogenhet, beredvillighet (alacrity, readiness, willingness). (various references) | |
Turkish | küstahlık (arrogance, assuredness, audaciousness, audacity, back chat, backchat, boldness, brass, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpa, chutzpah, effrontery, flippancy, gall, hardihood, hardiness, impertinence, insolence, lip, pertness, presumption, temerity), ilerleme (advance, advancement, expansion, gain, headway, improvement, progress, progression, rising, upswing, uptrend), ileriye gitme, hazır olma (on deck, preparedness, readiness), hırs (ambition, anger, avidity, cupidity, desire, fire, glow, greed, greediness, mammon, mettle, passion, rage, rapaciousness, rapacity, voracity), erken gelişme (precociousness, precocity), cüret (audacity, boldness, brass, chutzpa, chutzpah, daring, derring-do, front, hardihood, hardiness, nerve, presumption, temerity, venture). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ранній розвиток (precocity, prematureness, prematurity), готовність (alacrity, preparation, preparedness, promptitude, readiness, willingness), зухвалість (assuredness, audacity, barefacedness, chat, cheek, effrontery, hardiness, immodesty, impertinence, lip, neck, nerve, outrecuidance). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tính chất tiến bộ sự sốt sắng sự ngạo mạn, sự xấc xược (flippancy, hubris, perkiness), sự tiến về phía trước, sự tiến lên (advance, advancement, progressiveness, upturn). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Corinthians Chapter 8, Verse 8 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ou kat epitaghn legw alla dia thV eterwn spoudhV kai to thV umeteraV agaphV gnhsion dokimazwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Non quasi imperans dico sed per aliorum sollicitudinem etiam vestrae caritatis ingenitum bonum conprobans |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Y seie not as comaundinge, but bi the bisynesse of othere men appreuynge also the good wit of youre charite. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Thys saye I not as commaundynge: but be cause other are so fervent therfore prove I youre love whether it be perfait or no. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 2 Corinthians Chapter 8, Verse 8 |
| Cebuano | Ako nagasulti niini dili ingon nga sugo, kondili ingon nga pagpamatuod, pinaagi sa pagkamasingkamoton sa uban, nga ang inyong gugma usab tinuod. |
| Croatian | Ne zapovijedam, nego gorljivošæu drugih prokušavam istinitost vaše ljubavi. |
| Danish | Jeg siger det ikke som en Befaling, men for ved andres Iver at prøve også eders Kærligheds Ægthed. |
| Dutch | Ik zeg dit niet als gebiedende, maar als door de naarstigheid van anderen ook de oprechtheid uwer liefde beproevende. |
| Finnish | En sano tätä käskien, vaan viittaamalla muiden intoon minä tahdon koetella teidänkin rakkautenne vilpittömyyttä. |
| French | Je ne dis pas cela pour donner un ordre, mais pour éprouver, par le zèle des autres, la sincérité de votre charité. |
| German | Nicht sage ich, daß ich etwas gebiete; sondern, dieweil andere so fleißig sind, versuche ich auch eure Liebe, ob sie rechter Art sei. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Saya tidak menganjurkan itu sebagai suatu perintah. Tetapi dengan menunjukkan betapa giatnya orang lain menolong sesamanya, saya juga ingin tahu sampai di mana kasihmu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bukannya aku mengatakan ini seperti perintah, melainkan dengan menyatakan usaha orang lain bagi menguji ikhlas kasihmu. |
| Italian | Non dico questo per farvene un comando, ma solo per mettere alla prova la sincerit del vostro amore con la premura verso gli altri. |
| Latvian | To es nesaku pavçlçdams, bet, ievçrojot citu centîbu, pârbaudu jûsu mîlestîbas îstenîbu. |
| Maori | Ehara taku i te korero a ture, engari he mea i te kakama o era atu, hei whakamatautau ano i te pono o to koutou aroha. |
| Norwegian | Dette sier jeg ikke som et bud, men ved andres iver vil jeg også prøve ektheten av eders kjærlighet. |
| Portuguese | Não digo isto como quem manda, mas para provar, mediante o zelo de outros, a sinceridade de vosso amor; |
| Rumanian | Nu spun lucrul acesta ca sq vq dau o poruncq; ci pentru rkvna altora, wi ca sq pun la kncercare curqyia dragostei voastre. |
| Russian | зПЧПТА ЬФП ОЕ Ч ЧЙ"Е ПЧЕМЕОЙС, ОП ХУЕТ"ЙЕН "ТХЗЙИ ЙУ ЩФЩЧБА ЙУЛТЕООПУФШ Й ЧБЫЕК МА'ЧЙ. |
| Shuar | Kame Atumí uuntria Núnisnak akupeatsjarme, Túratniuitrume tusan. Antsu Chíkich shuar ni Kuítrin susartasa ti wakeruinia nuna atumin ujakan, Atumí anenkrattairi nekaspashi tusan nekapsatajtsa pujajai. |
| Spanish | No hablo como quien manda, sino para poner también a prueba, por la eficacia de otros, la sinceridad de vuestro amor. |
| Swahili | Siwapi ninyi amri, lakini nataka tu kuonyesha jinsi wengine walivyo na bidii ya kusaidia ili nipate kujua jinsi upendo wenu ulivyo wa kweli. |
| Swedish | Detta säger jag dock icke såsom en befallning, utan därför att jag, genom att framhålla andras nit, vill pröva om också eder kärlek är äkta. |
| Uma | Uma ku'uli' -kokoi tohe'i hewa lolita hawa'. Patuju-ku doko' mpopo'incai-koi beiwa kabohe ahi' -ra to Makedonia mpewai' doi petulungi-ra hi doo, bona kuhilo rata hiapa wo'o-koiwo ahi' -ni. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "forwardness": forwardnesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "forwardness": straightforwardness. (additional references) | |
Words containing "forwardness": straightforwardnesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "forwardness" (pronounced 'For"ward*ness'): Abjectedness, Abjectness, Ableness, Abominableness, Abortiveness, Abruptness, Absentness, Absoluteness, Absorptiveness, Abstemiousness, Abstersiveness, Abstractedness, Abstractiveness, Abstractness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Abusiveness, Acceptableness, Accessariness, Accessoriness, Accidentalness, Accommodableness, Accommodateness, Accurateness, Accustomedness, Acidness, Acquaintedness, Acquisitiveness, Acrimoniousness, Activeness, Actualness, Acuteness, Adaptedness, Adaptiveness, Adaptness, Addictedness, Addle-patedness, Adeptness, Adequateness, Adhesiveness, Admirableness, Adorableness, Adroitness, Adultness, Advantageousness, Adventurousness, Adverseness, Advisable-ness, Advisedness, Affableness. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: frowardness. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-f-n-o-r-r-s-s-w" | |
-2 letters: dwarfness, forewarns, forswears. | |
-3 letters: adorners, droseras, drowners, farrowed, forewarn, forswear, forwards, frowners, narrowed, readorns, serranos, wardress. | |
-4 letters: adorers, adorner, answers, arrowed, darners, dorsers, downers, dowsers, drawers, droners, drosera, drowner, drowses, dwarfer, errands, farness, farrows, fawners, fedoras, foreran, foresaw, forward, froward, frowned, frowner, narrows, onwards, rawness, readorn, reasons, redowas, redrawn, redraws, rewards, rewords, sanders. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-f-n-o-r-r-s-s-w" | |
+2 letters: forwardnesses, frowardnesses. | |
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