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Webster 1913 Edition


Upwards

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Up′ward

,

Up′wards

, }
adv.
[AS.
upweardes
. See
Up-
, and
-wards
.]
1.
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
.
I. Watts.
Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking
upward
, we speak and prevail.
Hooker.
2.
In the upper parts; above.
Dagon his name, sea monster,
upward
man,
And down ward fish.
Milton.
3.
Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
From twenty years old and
upward
.
Num. i. 3.
Upward of
, or
Upwards of
,
more than; above.
I have been your wife in this obedience
Upward of
twenty years.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Upwards

UP'WARDS

,
adv.
1.
Toward a higher place; opposed to downward.
Upward I lift my eye.
2.
Toward heaven and God.
Looking inward, we are struck dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail.
3.
With respect to the higher part.
Upward man, downward fish.
4.
More than, indefinitely. Upwards of ten years have elapsed; upwards of a hundred men were present.
5.
Toward the source. Trace the stream upwards.
And trace the muses upwards to their spring.

Definition 2024


upwards

upwards

English

Adverb

upwards (comparative more upwards, superlative most upwards)

  1. Towards a higher place; towards what is above.
  2. To a higher figure or amount.
  3. Towards something which is higher in order, larger, superior etc.
  4. Backwards in time, into the past.
  5. To or into later life.

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