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1.
upward
adv.
115 quotations in 10 senses
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With ref. to a vertical axis (including top-to-bottom or head-to-foot orientation), with stative verbs or verbs of positioning, placing, etc (a) indicating elevation, position at or in an elevated…
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upward
adj.
3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) ?Extended toward the top of the page; ?right side up; (b) raised up, elevated [could also be construed as
upward
adv.; cp. Latin]; (c) straight.
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