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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a forward direction
Example:
they went slowly forward in the mud
Synonyms:
ahead; forrader; forward; forwards; onward; onwards
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Context examples:
“That’s ugly, nephew,” said my uncle, when we were flying onwards towards Reigate.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He dared not look down and could but grope slowly onwards, his face to the cliff, his fingers clutching, his feet scraping and feeling for a support.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"Then I'll just finish my pipe in starting the first one," said Professor Summerlee; and from that time onwards we never trusted ourselves again without a watchman.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Ss-whack! ss-whack! ss-whack! went the horse-whips—for a number of the spectators, either driven onwards by the pressure behind or willing to risk some physical pain on the chance of getting a better view, had crept under the ropes and formed a ragged fringe within the outer ring.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was a rugged course, rocky and uneven, yet the two knights, choosing their men, dashed onwards at the top of their speed, while the gallant Spaniards flew as swiftly to meet them.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was not until it had settled again that I dared to steal onwards upon my journey.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The fuller looked sadly and gravely at him; but finding that he still laughed, he bowed with much mock politeness and stalked onwards in his borrowed clothes.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
From now onwards (if, indeed, any continuation of this narrative should ever reach you) it can only be through the paper which I represent.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
With doffed caps and eager hands, the comrades took their new and precious possessions, and pressed onwards upon their journey, leaving the aged palmer still seated under the cherry-tree.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
From then onwards he had hunted by sight, for the path showed him where I had gone.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
