Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward course, progress, etc.
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.
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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