Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Onward

Onward , adjective

1.
Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward course, progress, etc.
2.
Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.
Within a while, Philoxenus came to see how onward the fruits were of his friend's labor. — Sir P. Sidney

Onward , adverb

Toward a point before or in front; forward; progressively; as, to move onward.
Not one looks backward, onward still he goes. — Pope