Onward
['ɒnwəd] or ['ɑnwɚd]
Definition
(a.) Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward course, progress, etc.
(a.) Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.
(adv.) Toward a point before or in front; forward; progressively; as, to move onward.
Edited by Angus
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Forward, in advance.
Editor: Meredith
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Forward, ahead, in_advance
ANT:Backward, astorm, aback
Typist: Portia
Definition
adj. going on: advancing: advanced.—adv. (also On′wards) toward a point on or in front: forward.
Inputed by Cathleen
Examples
- I'll crack _my_ whip about their ear'n, afore they bring it to that, though, said Hiram, while Mr. Solomon, shaking his bridle, moved onward. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I heard it nearing me slowly, until it came changed to my ear--came like footsteps moving onward--then stopped. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- This reflection thawed my congealing blood, and again the tide of life and love flowed impetuously onward, again to ebb as my busy thoughts changed. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- From this time onward it is to be noted that the Philistines fade in importance. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The onward flow of inventions may be interrupted, if not materially stayed, by the cessation of some of the causes and incentives which now give them life. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The contest in Europe from the fourteenth century onward therefore was a three-cornered contest. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He laid his hand upon the coffin, and mechanically adjusting the pall with which it was covered, motioned them onward. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- From the twelfth century onward, with the increase of trade, there was a great revival of town life throughout Europe. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- From 1127 onward to 1295, the Sung dynasty is known as the Southern Sung. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Nevertheless, from the first writings onward a new sort of tradition, an enduring and immortal tradition, began in the minds of men. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I know too well, as his grave figure passes onward, what he seeks, and what he dreads. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- But from the introduction of the third Home Rule Bill onward the opposition to it had assumed a violent and extravagant form. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The woman came cheerfully onward, talking, as she came, with the man who bore her trunk, and so passed up the plank into the boat. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- In these forms, rapidly rotating wheels lift the water and drive it onward into a discharge pipe, from which it issues with great force. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- From this time onward the Greeks were with the Macedonians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- From the close of 1915 onwards Russia was a source of deepening anxiety to her Western allies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- So long as they were moving onwards, she was satisfied. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The wire gauze, on to which the pulp is poured, is about 4 feet wide, and 25 feet long, and it is kept constantly moving onwards, by rollers at each end, over which it passes. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- No one can conceive the variety of feelings which bore me onwards, like a hurricane, in the first enthusiasm of success. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The same, but diversified, it grew, and swept onwards towards the absorbing ocean, whose dim shores we now reached. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- That's what we never take into count--that it rolls onwards. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And after a few further words they parted, the reddleman moving onwards with his van, and the two women remaining standing in the road. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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