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thenceforward en · ADV

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌðɛnsˈfɔ(ɹ)wə(ɹ)d/

Etymology

From thence + forward.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) From then on; from that time on.
    • Guestling, who adds an insatiable jealousy to his other domestic virtues, vetoed the new acquaintance and thenceforward the two met hurriedly and furtively in town. 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
    • But the whole of this first plan, according to which Trixie and Dot are human-shaped "nymphets," born, in some unaccountable way, of frog parents, whom Great-Heart had once rescued from mischievous boys, is dropped immediately, and the two nymphets are thenceforward simply two English little girls […] 1879, The Academy, volume 16, page 173:
    • Combpyne is 4¼ miles from Axminster, and ¼ mile beyond the station the gradient changes, the line thenceforward falling all the way to Lyme Regis. 1960 June, R. C. Riley, “The coastal branches of South-East Devon: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 342:

Relateds

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Synonyms

thenceforwards (from that time on) · thereafter (from that time on) · thenceforth (from that time on)