Synonyms:
up, upwards, upward, upwardly
Meaning: spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile"
Usage examples
Teddy turned his face upwards to the speaker.
She rolled completely bottom upwards, and then disappeared.
Borri's trial proceeded in his absence, and lasted for upwards of two years.
His gaze, ever directed upwards, was lost in the grey and misty space beyond.
His chin being contracted, thrust his lips upwards towards his nose, a sign of savage revery.
With a hiss it curves its neck and turns the foil upwards, snapping and biting at its tormentors.
It should not be inserted too low down, but carried with a slight curve upwards, and never curled.
"Come, make haste!" said grandpapa, up on the hill; and Marit rose, and walked with reluctant feet upwards.
All are moving upwards, all are climbing some support, as can be perceived by the nimble motion of their legs.
He flew higher and higher, and whenever he looked round at her, she gave him bits of the loaf, and he flew on, and upwards.