- 1. a. Taking one's own way; disobedient; froward; perverse; willful. Source: opted
- 2. adj. resistant to guidance or discipline Source: wordnet
- 3. Taking one's own way; disobedient; froward; perverse; willful. My wife is in a wayward mood. Shak. Wayward beauty doth not fancy move. Fairfax. Wilt thou forgive the wayward thought Keble. -- Way"ward*ly, adv. -- Way"ward*ness, n. Source: webster
- 4. Taking one's own way; disobedient; froward; perverse; willful.My wife is in a wayward mood. Shak.Wayward beauty doth not fancy move. Fairfax.Wilt thou forgive the wayward thought Keble.-- Way"ward*ly, adv.-- Way"ward*ness, n. Source: adambom
- 5. j:100 s resistant to guidance or discipline Source: ecdict
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