UPWARD

upward. Upward, a. directed higher, more; ad. more; n. the top

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{ Up″ward (?), Up″wards (?), } adv. [[AS. upweardes. See Up-, and -wards.]] 1. 1. In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; — opposed to downward; as, to tend or roll upward. I. Watts.
Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail. Hooker. 2. 2. In the upper parts; above.
Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, And down ward fish. Milton. 3. 3. Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
From twenty years old and upward. Num. i. 3. Upward of, or Upwards of, more than; above. I have been your wife in this obedience Upward of twenty years. Shak.