noun boldness; confidence; assurance; want of due reserve or modesty.
2. forwardness ·noun eagerness; ardor; as, it is difficult to restrain the forwardness of youth.
3. forwardness ·noun an advanced stage of progress or of preparation; advancement; as, his measures were in great forwardness.
4. forwardness ·noun the quality of being forward; cheerful readiness; promtness; as, the forwardness of christians in propagating the gospel.
5. forwardness ·noun a state of advance beyond the usual degree; prematureness; precocity; as, the forwardnessof spring or of corn; the forwardness of a pupil.