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English adverb: upwards

1. upwards spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position


SamplesLook up!.
The music surged up.
The fragments flew upwards.
Prices soared upwards.
Upwardly mobile.


Synonymsup, upward, upwardly


Antonymsdown, downward, downwardly, downwards

2. upwards to a later time


SamplesThey moved the meeting date up.
From childhood upward.


Synonymsup, upward









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