Un·to·ward a.
1. Froward; perverse. “Save yourselves from this untoward generation.”
2. Awkward; ungraceful. “Untoward words.” --Creech. “Untoward manner.” --Swift.
3. 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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