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.
© Webster 1913.
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.
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