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onwards

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on·ward  (nwrd, ôn-)
adj.
Moving or tending forward.
adv. also on·wards (-wrdz)
In a direction or toward a position that is ahead in space or time; forward.
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Adv.1.onwards - 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"
forrader, forwards, onward, ahead, forward
onwards or onward
adverb forward, on, forwards, ahead, beyond, in front, forth
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Grant that we may come again rejoicing to this season, and from that season onwards for many a year.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
And thus he proceeded onwards till he arrived at the end of the Rue de Noailles, from whence a full view of the Allees de Meillan was obtained.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
And the characteristic aspect of westerly weather, the thick, gray, smoky and sinister tone sets in, circumscribing the view of the men, drenching their bodies, oppressing their souls, taking their breath away with booming gusts, deafening, blinding, driving, rushing them onwards in a swaying ship towards our coasts lost in mists and rain.
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