upwardlyadv.
/ˈʌpwədli/, U.S. /ˈəpwərdli/ In an upward direction; upwards.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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