noun (n)

• offensive boldness and assertiveness(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  bumptiousness, cockiness, pushiness
  

  source: wordnet30
• an advanced stage(noun.attribute)

  Example:
  The forwardness of the harvest this year.
  The arts are in no kind of forwardness in this matter.
  

  source: wordnet30
• prompt willingness(noun.attribute)

  Example:
  He tried to explain his forwardness in battle.
  

  Synonym:
  eagerness, readiness, zeal
  

  source: wordnet30
• The quality of being forward; cheerful readiness; promtness; as, the forwardness of Christians in propagating the gospel.(noun)

  source: webster1913