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onwardness

onwardness noun: progress; advancement.

Noun

onwardness (uncountable)

  1. Progress; advancement.
  2. Forward motion
    • the burbling onwardness of the river itself2013, Mary Ellen Hannibal, Spine of the Continent

Origin of onwardness

From onward + -ness.

Questions about onwardness

What does onwardness mean?
Onwardness means progress; advancement.
What part of speech is onwardness?
Onwardness is a noun.

Words near onwardness in the dictionary

  1. onward
  2. onward and upward
  3. onwarded
  4. onwarding
  5. onwardly
  6. onwardness
  7. onwards
  8. onwards and upwards
  9. onwent
  10. onwiki
  11. onwing

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