Usually means: Continuous progression towards a goal.
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  1. onwardness: Merriam-Webster
  2. onwardness: Wordnik
  3. onwardness: Wiktionary
  4. Onwardness: Dictionary.com
  5. Onwardness: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. onwardness: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Onwardness: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. onwardness: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Onwardness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  Progress; advancement.
▸ noun:  Forward motion

Similar:
furtherance, progress, advance, advancement, foredeal, going, profection, procession, headway, proceeding, more...

Opposite:
backwardness, retrogression, regression, retreat

Types:
progression, advancement, continuance, extension, furtherance, passage, more...

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Similar:
furtherance, progress, advance, advancement, foredeal, going, profection, procession, headway, proceeding, more...

Opposite:
backwardness, retrogression, regression, retreat

Types:
progression, advancement, continuance, extension, furtherance, passage, more...



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