单词 | upwardly |
释义 | upwardlyadv. In an upward direction; upwards. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in upward direction upc888 upwardsc890 upwardOE anovewardOE countermount1513 upwith1513 supernally1596 headward1786 upwardly1816 upways1890 up-along1963 1816 L. Hunt Story of Rimini iv. 387 There lay she praying, upwardly intent. 1844 E. B. Browning Brown Rosary iii. xxii She glanced upwardly mute. 1849 R. Browning Paracelsus v, in Poems I. 151 All tend upwardly though weak, Like plants in mines which never saw the sun. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2706/1 The pistons..were fitted with upwardly opening valves. Compounds upwardly compatible adj. = upward-compatible at upward adv. 9. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > [adjective] > compatible > of newer machines upward-compatible1964 upgradable1974 upwardly compatible1981 1981 Electronics 24 Mar. 8 In 1976 J. L. Wagener suggested ‘structured Fortran—an evolution of standard Fortran’ as an extended upwardly compatible compiler. 1984 Austral. 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. upwardly mobile adj. = upward-mobile at upward adv. 1e. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > [adjective] > socially mobile mobile1846 vertical1927 upward-mobile1949 spiralist1957 upwardly mobile1964 1964 Sunday Times 23 Aug. 10/2 The barriers within that structure..can be crossed by upwardly-mobile Jews. 1967 A. Lurie Imaginary Friends vi. 68 Suppose she were to..marry some upwardly mobile local boy. 1973 Publishers Weekly 3 Sept. 50/2 Son of upwardly mobile parents, his youth has been a series of movings—from apartment to ever better apartment. 1981 Times 22 May 14/2 The Liberal voter.., the upwardly mobile, ex~working-class malcontent. 1984 New Yorker 13 Feb. 39/1 A purely personal prejudice, this, and not to be taken seriously by upwardly mobile executives. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1816 |
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