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单词 onwardness
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onwardnessn.

Brit. /ˈɒnwədnəs/, U.S. /ˈɔnwərdnəs/, /ˈɑnwərdnəs/
Forms: see onward adv. and -ness suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: onward adv., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < onward adv. + -ness suffix.
The state or condition of moving, pushing, or urging onward. Also: advance, progress; progression.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [noun] > state of advancement towards completion
towardness1475
forwardness1523
advancement1540
onwardness1548
towardliness1553
prolation1610
forwardliness1647
mid-career1720
advolution1883
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Gal. in Paraphr. New Test. v. (R.) Yet is she not idle, but secretly worketh a vehement onwardnes to all godlynes.
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 18 Gods outward or abstract is in an endless onwardness.
1844 A. Beresford-Hope Ess. 235 We find also..great firmness and onwardness of purpose.
a1857 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. vi. vi. 207 Was a certain mystic on the side of the truth and onwardness of his time, or against it?
1890 Scribner's Mag. Apr. 517/2 For all his stern onwardness of character.., Dr. Potterby had a gift for enjoyment.
1922 W. Stevens Comedian as Let. C in Coll. Poems (1954) vi. 45 Seraphic proclamations of the pure Delivered with a deluging onwardness.
1966 J. Fowles Magus xxvii. 155 I heard the driving onwardness of Bach, the endless progressions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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