Found 2 items, similar to Frowardly.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: froward
froward
adj : habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition [syn:
headstrong,
self-willed,
willful,
wilful]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Frowardly
Froward
\Fro"ward\, a. [Fro + -ward. See
Fro, and cf.
Fromward.]
Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or is
reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward
child.
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A froward man soweth strife. --Prov. xvi.
28.
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A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing
as innovation. --Bacon.
Syn: Untoward; wayward; unyielding; ungovernable: refractory;
obstinate; petulant; cross; peevish. See
Perverse. --
Fro"ward*ly, adv. --
Fro"ward*ness, n.
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