UNTOWARD

prep. a.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
prep.

Toward. [Obs.] Gower.

2.
a.

Froward; perverse. "Save yourselves from this untoward generation." Acts ii. 40.

3.
a.

Awkward; ungraceful. "Untoward words." Creech. "Untoward manner." Swift.

4.
a.

Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky; unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident. -- Un*to"ward*ly, adv. -- Un*to"ward*ness, n.

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