frowardly

adv

Etymology: From Middle English frowardly; equivalent to froward + -ly.

1. in a froward manner

   “They refuse still to return, Ephraim-like, going on frowardly in the way of their own heart.”

   “The queen of England, however, frowardly bent on opposing the match to the utmost, directed sir Nicholas Throgmorton, her ambassador, to set before the eyes of Mary a long array of objections and impediments; and he was further authorized secretly to promise support to such of the Scottish nobles as would undertake to oppose it.”