upward

adverb

1. 1

   In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin.

   We ran upward.

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

   If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough.

   We continue to move upward, climbing higher and higher across overgrown ledges along the wall.

2. 2

   In the upper parts; above.

   Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, / And downward fish.

3. 3

   Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.

   From twenty years old and upward.

noun

1. 1

   obsoleteThe upper part; the top.

   From the extremest upward of thy head.

adjective

1. 1

   Directed toward a higher place.

   with upward eye; with upward course

   […] economists should focus on efficiency and leave equity to others, to politicians or administrators. But the others regularly fail to materialize, so that when efficiency comes with upward redistribution—frequently though not inevitably—our recommendations become little more than a license for plunder.

Forms

comparative

more upward

superlative

most upward