Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for ON'WARD
ON'WARD, adv. [Sax. ondward, andweard; on and weard, L. versus.]
- Toward the point before or in front; forward; progressively; in advance; as, to move onward. Not one looks backward, onward still he goes. Pope.
- In a state of advanced progression.
- A little further or forward.
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