Way″ward (?), a. [OE. weiward, for aweiward, i.e., turned away. See Away, and -ward.] 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.