UPWARDLY Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

upwardly

adverb

as in upward

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Recent Examples of upwardly Her excellent debut, 2007’s Free Food for Millionaires, features upwardly mobile Korean Americans whose desire for security Lee portrayed both sympathetically and critically. — Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026 Come morning, expect a deluge of analysts to upwardly revise their earnings estimates. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026 But these traditions count for nothing in the age of Gianni Infantino, FIFA’s ever upwardly mobile president. — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 Lloyd likened his extended stay – a 22-year assistantship that is not the norm in a very upwardly mobile profession – to making a sound investment. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026 Businesses and developers are eager to appeal to these upwardly mobile consumers. — Conrad Kickert, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026 Don’t be astonished if Honeywell upwardly revises its earnings forecasts later in the year. — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026 The Lincolnshire club had been locked in a spiral of decline in recent times — going from the second-tier Championship to National League North in the space of 12 years, amid financial chaos — but are now upwardly mobile once more, having won promotion back to the National League last season. — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2025

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As the colonies grow, more layers of sediment are trapped and solidified beneath them by biofilms that the organisms produce, causing the whole colony to build upward in layers, like the pages in this book.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
The goal is to reclaim horizontal space for actual cooking by relocating storage upward and inward.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

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