In the Wayward Definition?
1: Following One's Own Capricious, Wanton, or Depraved Inclinations: Ungovernable a Wayward Child. 2: Following No Clear Principle or Law: Unpredictable. 3...
1 : following one's own capricious, wanton, or depraved inclinations : ungovernable a wayward child. 2 : following no clear principle or law : unpredictable. 3 : opposite to what is desired or expected : untoward wayward fate.
Is Wayward a bad thing?
When would it be used in a negative context? Because wayward is a negative sort of word, I can't think of a context in which it would be used positively. Modern speakers use wayward as an adjective, but it began as a directional adverb. To go “(a)wayward” was to go in a direction away from something.
How do you use wayward in a sentence?
- He savored the wayward drops. ...
- He was wayward , high-spirited and self-confident. ...
- One hand gracefully held the folds of her dress and the other brushed a wayward curl from her forehead. ...
- His wayward disposition found, however, no satisfaction in the Jewish fold.
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