Overview of adj upward

The adj upward has 2 senses

• upward -- (directed up; "the cards were face upward"; "an upward stroke of the pen")


• up, upward -- (extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish")

Overview of adv upward

The adv upward has 2 senses

• up, upwards, upward, upwardly -- (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")


• up, upwards, upward -- (to a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward")