Associations to the word «Onward»

Wiktionary

ONWARD, adjective. Moving forward.
ONWARD, adjective. Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.
ONWARD, adverb. In a forward direction.

Dictionary definition

ONWARD, adverb. Forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward".
ONWARD, adverb. In a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats