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adjective

Upward adj. Directed toward a higher place; as, with upward eye; with upward course.

adverb

Upwards, Upward adv.

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. "Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail."

In the upper parts; above. "Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, And down ward fish."

Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over. "From twenty years old and upward."

Upward of, or Upwards of, more than; above. "I have been your wife in this obedience Upward of twenty years."

noun

Upward n. The upper part; the top. (Obs.) "From the extremest upward of thy head."

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Etymology of 'Upward'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Upward" Quotes from Famous Books

... grovelling now, but as a knight That ever had to heavenly things desire, So toward heaven the prince lay bolt upright, Like him that upward still sought to aspire, His right hand closed held his weapon bright, Ready to strike and execute his ire, His left upon his breast was humbly laid, That men might know, that while ...

— Jerusalem Delivered • Torquato Tasso

... her work on that side,—Mr. John would be coming home that way to dinner and would see her. Besides, other people would see her, and no passer-by should say that she did not do her work as thoroughly and fearlessly as any boy. She had taken for granted that Mr. John's eyes would be drawn upward; but when he had walked almost by, looking straight ahead, she sent him a shrill call. He looked at the windows, around the yard, and even as far ...

— St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 - No 1, Nov 1877 • Various

... lost its power to drag me downward; Its spell is gone; My course is now right upward, and right onward, To ...

— The Old Helmet, Volume I • Susan Warner

... colors were remarkably beautiful. The shafts of the pine and libocedrus were brown and purple, and most of the foliage was well tinged with yellow; the laurel groves, with the pale under sides of their leaves turned upward, made masses of gray; and then there was many a dash of chocolate color from clumps of manzanita, and jet of vivid crimson from the bark of the madronos; while the ground on the hillsides, appearing here and there through openings between the groves, displayed ...

— English Prose - A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice • Frederick William Roe (edit. and select.)

... out vehemently in the strong dialect, and the nervous, heart-wrung man struck his breast with his clenched fist, and his eyes looked upward. ...

— Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2) • F. Marion Crawford

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