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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Towardliness

· To·ward·li·ness · IPA
01 n. The quality or state of being towardly; docility; tractableness.
  1. 1.
    The quality or state of being towardly; docility; tractableness.
    “The beauty and towardliness of these children moved her brethren to envy.” Sir W. Raleigh.