From Old English upweardes, equivalent to up + -ward.
Meanings
Directed toward a higher place.
with upward eye; with upward course
[…] economists should focus on efficiency and leave equity to others, to politicians or administrators. But the others regularly fail to materialize, so that when efficiency comes with upward redistribution—frequently though not inevitably—our recommendations become little more than a license for plunder. 2024 March 14, Angus Deaton, “Rethinking My Economics”, in F&D Magazine:
From Old English upweardes, equivalent to up + -ward.
Meanings
(not-comparable) In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin.
If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
We continue to move upward, climbing higher and higher across overgrown ledges along the wall. 1989 May, Uwe George, “Venezuela's Islands in Time”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 535:
Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail. [1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):
We ran upward.
(not-comparable) In the upper parts; above.
Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, / And downward fish. 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
fi ylös (toward an upper level) · et üles (toward an upper level) · fi ylöspäin (yet more; above; over) · ru вверху́ (in the upper parts; above) · kw yn-bann (toward an upper level) · ru свы́ше (yet more; above; over) · ru вы́ше (yet more; above; over) · ru вверх (toward an upper level) · ru наве́рх (toward an upper level) · ru наверху́ (in the upper parts; above) · he מַעְלָה (toward an upper level) · la sūrsum (toward an upper level) · pdt nopp (toward an upper level) · mi ki runga (toward an upper level) · mi whakarunga (toward an upper level) · ru ввысь (toward an upper level) · ru кве́рху (toward an upper level) · bg нагоре (in the upper parts; above) · bg отгоре (yet more; above; over) · fi ylemmäs (toward an upper level) · bg нагоре (toward an upper level) · kw war-vann (toward an upper level) · fi ylempänä (in the upper parts; above) · fi ylhäällä (in the upper parts; above) · de aufwärts (toward an upper level) · txb kauc (toward an upper level)
From Old English upweardes, equivalent to up + -ward.
Meanings
(obsolete, uncountable) The upper part; the top.
From the extremest upward of thy head. c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]: