forwardness
/ˈfɔːɹ.wəɹd.nəs/noun
forwardness is a noun meaning “The quality of being forward” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-R-W-A-R-D-N-E-S-S, and it appears about once in every 23 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of forwardness is forwardnesses.
What does forwardness mean?
noun
- 1
The quality of being forward.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce forwardness?
- /ˈfɔːɹ.wəɹd.nəs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-forwardness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of forwardness
- forwardnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is forwardness?
Forwardness appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does forwardness come from?
From forward + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).