adv. rare. [Properly two words, WHENCE and FORWARD adv.; cf. HENCEFORWARD, THENCEFORWARD.] a. = prec. b. b. From which place onward.

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a. 1661.  Fuller, Worthies, Shropshire (1662), III. 16. Whence forward and not before, his Forces deserved the name of an Army.

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1899.  Daily News, 1 July, 4/6. From hence it is no great way to Woodford, whenceforward the return journey is but a repetition of the outward.

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