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up·ward  (pwrd)
adv. or up·wards (-wrdz)
1. In, to, or toward a higher place, level, or position: flying upward.
2. Toward a higher position in a hierarchy or on a socioeconomic scale: a young executive moving upward fast.
3. To or toward the source, origin, or interior.
4. Toward the head or upper parts: bare from the waist upward.
5. Toward a higher amount, degree, or rank: Prices soared upward.
6. Toward a later time or age: from adolescence upward.
adj.
Directed toward a higher place or position: upward movement.
Idiom:
upward/upwards of
More than; in excess of: "the onslaught of upwards of seventy divisions" (Winston S. Churchill).

upward·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.upwardsupwards - 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"
down, downward, downwardly, downwards - spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position; "don't fall down"; "rode the lift up and skied down"; "prices plunged downward"
2.upwardsupwards - to a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward"
Translations
upwards [ˈʌpwədz] advvers le haut (= more than);
upwards of → plus de;
and upwards → et plus, et au-dessus
upwards [ˈʌpwədz] upward adv [move] → aufwärts; [glance] → nach oben;
upward(s) of (= more than) → über +acc
upwards [ˈʌpwədz] advin su, verso l'alto


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To man clingeth my will; with chains do I bind myself to man, because I am pulled upwards to the Superman: for thither doth mine other will tend.
While thus looking upwards, he unknowingly trod upon a Viper asleep just before his feet.
It was flying straight towards him; the guttural cry, like the even tearing of some strong stuff, sounded close to his ear; the long beak and neck of the bird could be seen, and at the very instant when Levin was taking aim, behind the bush where Oblonsky stood, there was a flash of red lightning: the bird dropped like an arrow, and darted upwards again.
 
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