upward

  1. Adverb.  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.
  2. Adverb.  In the upper parts; above.
  3. Adverb.  Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
  4. Adverb.  Directed toward a higher place; as, with upward eye; with upward course.
  5. Noun.  (obsolete) : The upper part; the top.

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