About The Word Upward
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Upward
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What's The Definition Of Upward?
[adv] spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile"
[adv] to a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward" [adj] directed up; "the cards were face upward"; "an upward stroke of the pen" Synonyms | Synonyms for Upward: up | up | upwardly | upwards Related Terms | Find terms related to Upward: See Also | Upward In Webster's Dictionary \Up"ward\, Upwards \Up"wards\, adv. [AS. upweardes. See
{Up-}, and {-wards}.]
1. In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher
place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed
to downward; as, to tend or roll upward. --I. Watts.
Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking
upward, we speak and prevail. --Hooker.
2. In the upper parts; above.
Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, And down
ward fish. --Milton.
3. Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
From twenty years old and upward. --Num. i. 3.
{Upward of}, or {Upwards of}, more than; above.
I have been your wife in this obedience Upward of
twenty years. --Shak.
\Up"ward\, a. [AS. upweard. See {Up}, and {-ward}.] Directed toward a higher place; as, with upward eye; with upward course. \Up"ward\, n. The upper part; the top. [Obs.] From the extremest upward of thy head. --Shak. |
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