upward

adj 1: directed up; "the cards were face upward"; "an upward stroke

of the pen"

2: extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up

staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish" [syn: {up(a)},

{upward(a)}]

adv 1: 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" [syn: {up}, {upwards}, {upwardly}]

[ant: {down}, {down}, {down}, {down}]

2: to a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from

childhood upward" [syn: {up}, {upwards}]