Hypertext Webster Gateway: "onward"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Onward \On"ward\, adv.
Toward a point before or in front; forward; progressively;
as, to move onward.
Not one looks backward, onward still he goes. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Onward \On"ward\, a.
1. Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a
contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward
course, progress, etc.
2. Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.
Within a while, Philoxenus came to see how onward
the fruits were of his friend's labor. --Sir P.
Sidney.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
onward
adj : moving toward a position ahead; "forward motion"; "the
onward course of events" [syn: {forward}]
adv 1: forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth";
"from the sixth century onward" [syn: {forth}, {forward}]
2: in a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead
slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the
forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud" [syn: {ahead},
{onwards}, {forward}, {forwards}, {forrader}]
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