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Etymology

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From on +‎ -wards.

Adverb

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onwards (not comparable)

  1. Onward.
    • 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57:
      A Class 158 relegated from express duties turns up to transport me via the flower-bedecked Brighouse station to the trans-Pennine main line at Bradley Junction and onwards to Huddersfield.

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Verb

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onwards

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of onward

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