untowardly

== English == === Etymology === From untoward +‎ -ly. === Adverb === untowardly (comparative more untowardly, superlative most untowardly) In an untoward way. === Adjective === untowardly (comparative more untowardly, superlative most untowardly) Untoward. 1561, Baldassare Castiglione, The Book of the Courtier (1528), translated by Thomas Hoby, London: David Nutt, 1900, Book One, pp. 41-42,[3] To disgrace therefore many untowardly asseheades, that through malepertnes thinke to purchase them the name of a good Courtyer, I would have suche a pastime for this night, that one of the company myght bee picked out who should take in hand to shape in woordes a good Courtyer, specifying all suche condicions and particuler qualities, as of necessitie must be in hym that deserveth this name. 1791, George Washington, Letter to his niece, Harriot Washington, Philadelphia, 20 October, 1791,[4] Your cousins, with whom you live, are well qualified to give you advice; and I am sure they will, if you are disposed to receive it. But, if you are disobliging, self-willed, and untowardly, it is hardly to be expected that they will engage themselves in unpleasant disputes with you […] ==== Derived terms ==== untowardliness