The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Onwards \On"wards\, adv. [See -wards.] Onward. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
onwards adv 1: in a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud" [syn: ahead, onward, onwards, forward, forwards, forrader]