Thenceforward

//ˌðɛnsˈfɔ(ɹ)wə(ɹ)d// adv

adv ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    from then on; from that time on not-comparable

    "Combpyne is 4¼ miles from Axminster, and ¼ mile beyond the station the gradient changes, the line thenceforward falling all the way to Lyme Regis."

Synonyms

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hereafterthencethenceafterthenceforththenceforththenceforwards

Example

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"Thenceforward I saw Oporto whole and not in disintegrated fragments as before; for I had learnt the secret of putting the pieces of the puzzle together and the heart of the city was bared to me, a stranger."

Etymology

From thence + forward.

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