Upwards has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Adverb
Adverb
1
spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
"look up!"
"the music surged up"
"the fragments flew upwards"
"prices soared upwards"
"upwardly mobile"
2
to a later time
"they moved the meeting date up"
"from childhood upward"
3
Towards a higher place; towards what is above.
"The pilot adjusted the controls to make the aircraft climb upwards toward the clouds."
Example Sentences
"look up!"
adverb
"the music surged up"
adverb
"the fragments flew upwards"
adverb
"prices soared upwards"
adverb
"upwardly mobile"
adverb
"they moved the meeting date up"
adverb
"from childhood upward"
adverb
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