Meanings
comparative more furtherward · superlative most furtherward
- archaicdialectalrareForward, onward.
[…] 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 1111 more example
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
Origin
- Middle Englishfortherward
- Englishfurtherward
From Middle English fortherward, forþerward, equivalent to further + -ward.
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