forwards(r = adv.all) ahead, forrader, forward, onward, onwards - in a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud"
forwards, adv. [AS. forweard, foreweard; for, fore + -weardes; akin to G. vorwärts. The s is properly a genitive ending. See For, Fore, and -ward, -wards.].
Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in advance; progressively; -- opposed to backward. [1913 Webster]