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adverb (r)

• spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position(adv.all)

  Example:
  The fragments flew upwards.
  Prices soared upwards.
  

  Synonym:
  up, upward, upwardly
  Antonym:
  down, downward, downwardly, downwards
  

  source: wordnet30
• to a later time(adv.all)

  source: wordnet30