upward
adverb/ˈʌpwərd/
Frequency rank: #6,019 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
toward a higher place or level; in a direction from lower to higher.
Example sentence
The balloon drifted upward into the clear blue sky.
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