From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Onward \On"ward\, adv.
Toward a point before or in front; forward; progressively;
as, to move onward.
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Not one looks backward, onward still he goes. --Pope.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Onward \On"ward\, a.
1. Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a
contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward
course, progress, etc.
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2. Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.
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Within a while, Philoxenus came to see how onward
the fruits were of his friend's labor. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
onward
adv 1: forward in time or order or degree; "from that time
forth"; "from the sixth century onward" [syn: forth,
forward, onward]
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,
onward, onwards, forward, forwards, forrader]