upward

Adjective · Adverb
Synonyms: upupwardsupwardly

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. directed up“the cards were face upward”“an upward stroke of the pen”
  2. extending or moving toward a higher place“the up staircase”“a general upward movement of fish”Synonyms: up

Adverb (2)

  1. 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”Synonyms: upupwardsupwardly
  2. to a later time“they moved the meeting date up”“from childhood upward”Synonyms: upupwards
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Upward \Up"ward\, Upwards \Up"wards\, adv. [AS. upweardes. See Up-, and -wards.] [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail.— Hooker.[1913 Webster]

2.In the upper parts; above. [1913 Webster]

Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, And down ward fish.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

3.Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over. [1913 Webster]

From twenty years old and upward.— Num. i. 3.[1913 Webster]

Upward of, or Upwards of, more than; above. [1913 Webster]

I have been your wife in this obedience Upward of twenty years.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
Upward \Up"ward\, a. [AS. upweard. See Up, and -ward.] Directed toward a higher place; as, with upward eye; with upward course. [1913 Webster]
Upward \Up"ward\, n. The upper part; the top. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

From the extremest upward of thy head. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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