Noun: forwardness for-wurd-nus [N. Amer], for-wûd-nus [Brit]
- Offensive boldness and assertiveness
"His forwardness at the party annoyed many of the guests";
- bumptiousness, cockiness, pushiness
- Prompt willingness
"he tried to explain his forwardness in battle";
- readiness, eagerness, zeal
- An advanced stage
"the forwardness of the harvest this year"; "the arts are in no kind of forwardness in this matter"
Type of: assertiveness, earliness, self-assertiveness, willingness