upwardnessn.
1. Tendency or proclivity to rise or mount upwards; the quality of suggesting upward movement.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [noun] > tendency to or capacity for
upwardness1614
assurgencya1691
risea1716
1614 S. Latham Falconry i. v. 21 I haue reclaimed an outragious vnstaied hawke;..shee hath falne cleane from her vpwardnesse and high flying.
1618 S. Latham New & 2nd Bk. Falconrie xxv. 117 If by nature there were euer any vpwardnesse or high flying in her.
1860 W. J. C. Muir Pagan or Christian? 62 The lancet-headed windows, arches, niches, all are in harmony of upwardness.
1860 W. J. C. Muir Pagan or Christian? 88 This entire upwardness of composition [in Gothic architecture].
1877 J. S. Blackie Wise Men Greece 305 They by natural upwardness Remount to earth.
2. The quality of being upward; relative altitude.
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the world > space > relative position > high position > [noun] > height above the ground or sea level
heightc1290
altitudea1449
absolute height1729
elevation1856
upwardness1896
1896 Duke of Argyll Philos. Belief 122 We cannot shake off the conception of high and low, of upwardness and downwardness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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