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ˈupwardly, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
1. In an upward direction; upwards.
1816L. Hunt Rimini iv. 387 There lay she praying, upwardly intent. 1835Browning Paracelsus v. 883 All tend upwardly though weak, Like plants in mines which never saw the sun. 1844Mrs. Browning Brown Rosary iii. xxii, She glanced upwardly mute. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. 2706/1 The pistons..were fitted with upwardly opening valves.
2. Special collocations: upwardly compatible adj. phr. = upward-compatible adj. phr. s.v. upward adv. 10; upwardly mobile adj. phr. = upward-mobile adj. phr. s.v. upward adv. 1 e.
1981Electronics 24 Mar. 8 In 1976 J. L. Wagener suggested ‘structured Fortran—an evolution of standard Fortran’ as an extended upwardly compatible compiler. 1984Austral. Micro Computerworld Feb. 28/1 Macintosh is the bottom-end system of the Apple 32 Supermicro family comprising Macintosh, a bridge product, Lisa II, Lisa II/5 and Lisa II/10. These machines are upwardly compatible.
1964Sunday Times 23 Aug. 10/2 The barriers within that structure..can be crossed by upwardly-mobile Jews. 1967A. Lurie Imaginary Friends vi. 68 Suppose she were to..marry some upwardly mobile local boy. 1973Publishers Weekly 3 Sept. 50/2 Son of upwardly mobile parents, his youth has been a series of movings—from apartment to ever better apartment. 1981Times 22 May 14/2 The Liberal voter.., the upwardly mobile, ex⁓working-class malcontent. 1984New Yorker 13 Feb. 39/1 A purely personal prejudice, this, and not to be taken seriously by upwardly mobile executives. |