upward
adjective
1. directed up
- the cards were face upward
- an upward stroke of the pen
Similar word(s): up
2. extending or moving toward a higher place
- a general upward movement of fish
Similar word(s): ascending, up
Sentences with upward as an adjective:
- with upward eye; with upward course
adverb
1. spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
- the fragments flew upwards
- prices soared upwards
- upwardly mobile
Similar word(s): up, upwardly, upwards
2. to a later time
- from childhood upward
noun
1. (obsolete) The upper part; the top.
- From the extremest upward of thy head. -Shak.