furtherward

English

Etymology

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

Adverb

furtherward (comparative more furtherward, superlative most furtherward)

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