Definition of onward

"onward" in the adverb sense

1. forth, forward, onward

forward in time or order or degree

"from that time forth"

"from the sixth century onward"

2. ahead, onward, onwards, forward, forwards, forrader

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"

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Quotations for onward

Then on! then on! where duty leads,
My course be onward still. [ Bishop Heber ]

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

Press onward through each varying hour;
Let no weak fears thy course delay;
Immortal being! feel thy power,
Pursue thy bright and endless way. [ Andrews Norton ]

My grief lies onward, and my joy behind. [ Lucrece ]

Now sunk the sun; the closing hour of day,
Came onward, mantled over with sober grey;
Nature in silence bid the world repose. [ Parnell ]

And I have loved thee. Ocean! and my joy
Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be
Borne, like thy bubbles, onward; from a boy
I wanton'd with thy breakers. [ Byron ]

Look one step onward, and secure that step! [ Robert Browning ]

These eyes tho' clear
To outward view of blemish or of spot.
Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot.
Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear
Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year.
Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not
Against Heaven's hand or will, nor have a jot
Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer
Right onward. [ Milton ]

Ever onward! ever onward! without rest and quiet. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

Live on, brave lives, chained to the narrow round
Of Duty; live, expend yourselves, and make
The orb of Being wheel onward steadfastly
Upon its path--the Lord of Life alone
Knows to what goal of Good; work on, live on. [ Lewis Morris ]

He is well onward in the way of wisdom who can bear reproof, and mend by it. [ Proverb ]

Yet I argue not against heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer right onward. [ Milton ]

The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits. [ Hawthorne ]

My mind can take no hold on the present world, nor rest in it a moment, but my whole nature rushes onward with irresistible force towards a future and better state of being. [ Fichte ]

The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward, to his object - this is eloquence, or rather it is something greater and higher than all eloquence - it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action. [ Webster ]

Who can fathom the depth of a mother's love! No friendship so pure, so devoted; the wild storm of adversity and the bright sunshine of prosperity are all alike to her; however unworthy we may be of that affection, a mother never ceases to love her erring child. Often, when alone, as we gaze up to the starry heaven, can we in imagination catch a glimpse of the angels around the great white throne, and among the brightest and fairest of them all is our sweet mother, ever beckoning us onward and upward to her celestial home. [ R. Smith ]

onward in Scrabble®

The word onward is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters onward:

ONWARD
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word onward

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In onward

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onward in Words With Friends™

The word onward is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters onward:

ONWARD
(63)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word onward

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In onward

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Words within the letters of onward

2 letter words in onward (8 words)

3 letter words in onward (18 words)

4 letter words in onward (13 words)

5 letter words in onward (4 words)

6 letter words in onward (1 word)

onward + 1 blank (1 word)

Words containing the sequence onward

Words that start with onward (2 words)

Words with onward in them (2 words)

Words that end with onward (3 words)

Word Growth involving onward

Shorter words in onward

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Longer words containing onward

horizonward

onwards noonwards

zionward