Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Onward \On"ward\, adv.
   Toward a point before or in front; forward; progressively;
   as, to move onward.

         Not one looks backward, onward still he goes. --Pope.

Onward \On"ward\, a.
   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.

Source : WordNet®

onward
     adj : moving toward a position ahead; "forward motion"; "the
           onward course of events" [syn: {forward}]

onward
     adv 1: forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth";
            "from the sixth century onward" [syn: {forth}, {forward}]
     2: 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" [syn: {ahead},
         {onwards}, {forward}, {forwards}, {forrader}]