onward Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb forward in time or order or degree
    forward; forth.
    • from that time forth
    • from the sixth century onward
  2. adverb in a forward direction
    ahead; forwards; onwards; forward; forrader.
    • go ahead
    • the train moved ahead slowly
    • the boat lurched ahead
    • moved onward into the forest
    • they went slowly forward in the mud

WordNet

On"ward adjective
Definitions
  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.
On"ward adverb
Definitions
  1. Toward a point before or in front; forward; progressively; as, to move onward.
    Not one looks backward, onward still he goes. Pope.

Webster 1913