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Meanings of upwardly in English

Portuguese
de forma ascendente

Spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position.

de forma ascendente
Usage of upwardly in English
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As Meredith would say in that upwardly inflected way of hers, Seriously?
The Irish Times
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But so do young, upwardly mobile singles, artsy hipsters and budding families.
Reuters
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After four years of feeling upwardly mobile, Palace have hit the wall.
The Guardian
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The lamp is so mounted that its upwardly emitted rays are intercepted.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891
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Billosaur, a piggy bank for the upwardly mobile from Le Mouton Noir.
Wired
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Instead, I'd put it in the category of upwardly mobile shagging memoir.
The Guardian
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All their noses upwardly projected from their faces like so many jib-booms.
Moby Dick
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The agency also upwardly revised GDP growth rates for previous years.
Reuters
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He must have been the most upwardly mobile social phenomenon of his time.
The Irish Times
10
Northampton's upwardly mobile season came within seconds of hitting the buffers at Wasps.
The Guardian
11
All modern awk implementations aim to be upwardly compatible with the POSIX standard.
Sed & awk, 2nd edition
12
The Verdict: Audi designs spirited vehicles with the upwardly mobile professional in mind.
Ebony
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I was upwardly mobile from primary school into teacher training college.
The new yorker
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The superior felonious echelons are upwardly mobile and have a clear career path.
Financial Crime and Corruption
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Her parents, by contrast, were quiet, upwardly mobile and scrupulously apolitical.
The economist
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But the upwardly mobile enjoyed an almost 20 per cent reduction in this risk.
The Irish Times
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Translations for upwardly
Upwardly through the time
Upwardly across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Rare