moving, leading or pointing to what is higher, more important, etc.
"the cards were face upward"
"an upward stroke of the pen"
"the up staircase"
"a general upward movement of fish"
"look up!"
"the music surged up"
"the fragments flew upwards"
"prices soared upwards"
"upwardly mobile"
"they moved the meeting date up"
"from childhood upward"
The gentle yet..strong upward tilt of the nose.
出自: I. Murdoch
The cloud ceases its swift upward expansion, spreading out horizontally.
出自: P. Francis
A continued upward trend in order levels.
出自:Engineer