forwardness

[ fawr-werd-nis ]

/ ˈfɔr wərd nɪs /

overreadiness to push oneself forward; lack of appropriate modesty; presumption; boldness.

cheerful readiness; promptness; eagerness.

condition of being in advance.

Origin of forwardness

First recorded in 1515–25; forward + -ness

It gives you the sense of the forwardness of history as well as the backwardness.

Archbishop Pitches on Youtube For More Souls As He Prepares To Christen George |Tom Sykes |October 22, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Something like (forgive my forwardness) “No representation without taxation.”

How the Wall Street Protesters Win |Lee Siegel |October 14, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
The Otaheiteans have the most perfect easiness of manners, equally free from forwardness and formality.

A Voyage to the South Sea |William Bligh
He knew that his father and brothers might rebuke him for forwardness if he presumed to thrust himself into notice.

In the Wars of the Roses |Evelyn Everett-Green

Diffidence when forced to action often verges on forwardness.

The Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks |Charles Felton Pidgin
The almond, the hardiest plant, loses its fruit the oftenest on account of its forwardness.

Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson |Thomas Jefferson
In later life, it is different: in the experienced woman, forwardness is always depravity.

Godolphin, Complete |Edward Bulwer-Lytton

forwardness

/ (ˈfɔːwədnɪs) /

lack of modesty; presumption; boldness

willing readiness; eagerness

a state or condition of advanced progress or development