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froward

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1. froward - Adjective

2. froward - Preposition

3. froward - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or is reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward child.

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When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humored a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over. William Temple

Affection faints not like a pale-faced coward, But then woos best when most his choice is froward. William Shakespeare

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