upwards (adv.)

  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

    [ Syn: up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , up , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upward , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly , upwardly ]

  2. to a later time; they moved the meeting date up; from childhood upward

    [ Syn: up , up , upward , upward , up , up , upward , upward , up , up , upward , upward , up , up , upward , upward ]

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