Onward

/ˈɒnwəd/ · adjective

Meaning

(not comparable) Moving forward..

Definitions by Sense

1. (not comparable) Moving forward.
2. Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.
3. In a forward direction.
4. (intransitive) To keep going; to progress or persevere.
5. (transitive) To pass (something) onward; to forward.

Example Sentences

There was an onward rush as the gates opened.

Within a while, Philoxenus came to see how onward the fruits were of his friend's labour.

[…] yonder cloud That rises upward always higher, ⁠And onward drags a labouring breast, ⁠And topples round the dreary west, A looming bastion fringed with fire.

Onward Christian soldiers, marching as to war...

The aim of the preacher who in the best sense would be up-to-date should comprize the homiletic method which, while following in a degree the example of the fathers, tries to formulate truth in clear and philosophical statements, not essaying a muddy theology or priding itself on a vague, vacuous mysticism, communing with the great minds of the ages from Augustine down, learning something from each and following none slavishly, at every successive stage in the process of development being able distinctly to set forth th truth ascertained thus far, obeying the onwarding impulse of the true investigator without keeping things forever so "fluid" that no precipitate of dependable doctrine is ever rendered, […]

Or of Kismet (?): whatever happens is pre-ordained, and one can "pass the buck" to something outside of oneself; to Allah, the inscrutable, I suppose, gaining one's spiritual calm from the feeling that the eternal onwardness is calmly onwarding; until little pain and little happiness become spread very very thin on the waters of time.

A few more freshly pressed folk were in this line, and looked upon us with a mix of disgruntletude and admiration as we, led by me, onwarded directly up to what appeared to be a maître'd's stand.

The application has been delivered to the Nanking department of the Waichiaopu on January 19th for being kindly onwarded to Chungking.

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• more onward
• most onward
• onwards
• onwarding
• onwarded

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