01 adv. 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…
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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.“Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail.” — Hooker.
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In the upper parts; above.“Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, And down ward fish.” — Milton.
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3.
Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.“From twenty years old and upward.” — Num. i. 3.“I have been your wife in this obedience Upward of twenty years.” — Shak.
Phrases & compounds
Upward of —
more than; above.