Upward
Upward , adverb
[Anglo-Saxon 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.
2.
In the upper parts; above.
Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man,
And down ward fish.
3.
Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
From twenty years old and upward.
I have been your wife in this obedience
Upward of twenty years.
Collocations (1)
Upward of or Upwards of , more than; above.
Also: Upwards
Upward , adjective
[Anglo-Saxon upweard. See Up, and -ward.]
Directed toward a higher place; as, with upward eye; with upward course.
Upward , noun
The upper part; the top. [Obsolete]
From the extremest upward of thy head.