Onwardness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Progress; advancement. uncountable
  2. 2
    Forward motion uncountable

    "the burbling onwardness of the river itself"

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"the burbling onwardness of the river itself"

Etymology

From onward + -ness.

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