TOWARDLINESS

Etymology

Noun

towardliness (uncountable)

The state or quality of being towardly.

Source: Wiktionary


To"ward*li*ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being towardly; docility; tractableness. The beauty and towardliness of these children moved her brethren to envy. Sir W. Raleigh.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

30 October 2024

RATE

(noun) a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure; “the literacy rate”; “the retention rate”; “the dropout rate”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

coffee icon