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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28 February 2025

PRESCRIPTIVE

(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; “prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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