Ūp'ward1, a.
a. Directed to a higher place; as, with upward eye; with upward speed.
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Upward
Ūp'ward2, n.
n. The upper part; the top. [Obs. and rare.] From the extremest upward of thy head To the descent and dust beneath thy feet, A most toad-spotted traitor. Shak.
Ūp'ward or Ūp'wards3, adv.
Sense 1. In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; toward the source or origin; — opposed to downward.
Upward I lift mine eyes. Watts.
Looking inward, we are struck dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail. Hooker.
Sense 2. In the upper parts; above.
Upward man, Downward fish. Milton.
Sense 3. Yet more; indefinitely.
Upward of, more than; above; hence, about; nearly.
I have been your wife in this obedience Upward of twenty years. Shak.