upward
About 12.92 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adverb In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin.
We ran upward.
- adverb In the upper parts; above.
- adverb Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
- noun The upper part; the top.
- adjective Directed toward a higher place.
with upward eye; with upward course
Similar words
ascending up ascendant rising upside top uphill above increasing high
Often followed by
and to mobility from in trend of movement or
Word family
upwardly upwardness upwardnesses upwards
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