UPWARDLY

up, upwards, upward, upwardly

(adverb) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

upwardly (comparative more upwardly, superlative most upwardly)

In an upward manner.

Towards a higher level, position or status.

Antonyms

• downwardly

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

3 May 2025

DESIRABLE

(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”


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Coffee Trivia

An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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