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Upwardly   /ˈəpwərdli/   Listen
Upwardly

adverb
1.
Spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position.  Synonyms: up, upward, upwards.  "The music surged up" , "The fragments flew upwards" , "Prices soared upwards" , "Upwardly mobile"






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"Upwardly" Quotes from Famous Books



... the position shown in dotted lines, the upper portion of the loop that is parallel with the axis will begin to cut downwardly through the lines of force, and likewise the lower portion of the loop that is parallel with the axis will begin to cut upwardly through the lines of force. This will cause electromotive forces in opposite directions to be generated in these portions of the loop, and these will tend to aid each other in causing a current to circulate in the loop in the direction shown ...
— Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 - A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. • Kempster Miller

... Fam. 84).—The older leaves of this plant are so thick and fleshy, and the young ones so short and broad, that it seemed very improbable that any circumnutation could be detected. A filament was fixed to a young upwardly inclined leaf, .75 inch in length and .28 in breadth, which stood on the outside of a terminal rosette of leaves, produced by a plant growing very vigorously. Its movement was traced during 3 days, as here shown (Fig. 104). The course was chiefly in ...
— The Power of Movement in Plants • Charles Darwin



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