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furtherward

furtherward adverb: forward, onward.

Adverb

furtherward (comparative more furtherward, superlative most furtherward)

  1. (archaic, dialectal, rare) Forward, onward.
    • And, furtherward, he turn'd and saw the lane
      Which led from thence and thither to the cot; […]1867, Edward Edwin Foot, The Original Poems of Edward Edwin Foot, page 177
    • […] and about the middle of August they again begin to flit furtherward to the sea coast.1895, Francis Orpen Morris, A History of British Birds, volume 2, page 111

Forms of furtherward

comparativemore furtherward
superlativemost furtherward

Origin of furtherward

From Middle English fortherward, forþerward, equivalent to further + -ward.

Questions about furtherward

What does furtherward mean?
Furtherward means forward, onward.
What part of speech is furtherward?
Furtherward is an adverb.

Words near furtherward in the dictionary

  1. furthermost
  2. furtherness
  3. furtherover
  4. furthers
  5. furthersome
  6. furtherward
  7. furthest
  8. furthest flung
  9. Furthest Mosque
  10. furthest-flung
  11. Furtick

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