adv. Obs. [f. as prec. + FORWARDS.] = prec.
1684. T. Burnet, Th. Earth, I. 180. A new order then setled in nature, which should continue thence forwards so long as the earth endur’d.
1727. Bradley’s Fam. Dict., s.v. Hen, Let them continue so for two Days without touching them, and from thenceforwards to the twentieth turn them.
