Towardliness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Towardliness \To"ward*li*ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being towardly; docility;
     tractableness.
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           The beauty and towardliness of these children moved her


           brethren to envy.                        --Sir W.
                                                    Raleigh.
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