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upward
adverb
    1. To or towards a higher place, a more important or senior position, or an earlier era.
      Form: upwards (usually)
adj
    1. Moving or directed upwards, to a higher position, etc.
      Thesaurus: higher, skyward, uphill.
Derivative: upwardly
adverb
    Derivative: upwardness
    noun
      Idiom: upwards of ...
        More than ....
          Example: upwards of a thousand people
      Etymology: Anglo-Saxon upweard.



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