Definition of: upward

(up′wərd) adverb
1. In or toward a higher place; in an ascending course or direction; toward the source: to look upward; to trace a stream upward.
2. With increase or advancement; toward a higher price: Prices tended upward.
3. In excess; more: children five years old and upward.
4. Toward that which is better, nobler, or holier.
5. In the upper parts. Also up′wards.
—upward of or upwards of Higher than or in excess of.
—adjective Turned or directed toward a higher place. [OE upweard <up- up + -weard -WARD]
—up′ward·ly adverb