upward

IPA: ˈʌpwɝd

In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin.
In the upper parts; above.
Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.

Examples of "upward" in Sentences

But now McCain has begun to define the term upward, leaving no mogul or tycoon behind.
Toss or throw the ball straight upward as high as possible; catch it in one hand (right, then left), with palm _upward_.
“But … but,” stuttered Angelo as he stepped over a row of weeds that had grown upward from a crack at the base of the curb.
Mr. Bryant also said that the food industry is in a "long-term upward trend on costs," which he said will probably also rise in 2012.
Powerful solar flares exploded upward from the impact site, racing past the location that had previously been occupied by the now departed Black Star.
An emptying hive of nearly hairless grey and pink rodents, tails swishing and feet scrabbling for purchase as a stream of bubbles trail upward from a corner.
I can only hint of those vast and terrific vistas through which I have peered hazily at the progression of life, not upward from the ape to man, but upward from the worm.
As you know, the first rush upward from the earth is very sudden, and this time the balloon, when it first caught the wind, heeled violently over and was longer than usual in righting.
Switchback after switchback (50-some in all) winds you upward from the muffled roar of the creek bottom ( "here bear, coming through Mr. Bear!") to an eventual alpine plateau where the altimeter strikes 10 grand.