释义 |
ˈonwardness [f. prec. + -ness.] The state or condition of moving onward or advancing; advance, progression, progress.
1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Gal. v. (R.), Yet is she not idle, but secretly worketh a vehement onwardnes to all godlynes. 1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 18 Gods outward or abstract is in an endless onwardness. 1844A. Beresford-Hope Ess. 235 We find also..great firmness and onwardness of purpose. 1856R. A. Vaughan Mystics vi. vi. (1860) I. 207 Was a certain mystic on the side of the truth and onwardness of his time, or against it? |