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.