What does upwardly mean?
Definitions for upwardly
up·ward·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
up, upwards, upward, upwardlyadverb
spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
"look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile"
Wiktionary
upwardlyadverb
In an upward manner.
upwardlyadverb
Towards a higher level, position or status.
ChatGPT
upwardly
Upwardly refers to the direction or movement towards a higher place, position, standard, status, scale, or level. It also pertains to social advancement or progress. It can be used to describe the positive progress or improvement of certain aspects such as standards of living, socioeconomic status, or the strategy in a business/company/etc.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of upwardly in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of upwardly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of upwardly in a Sentence
If student loans provide a vehicle for people who are coming from disadvantaged families to get a college degree, these student loans would help them become upwardly mobile and that might be important for their mental health.
The reason why [ upwardly mobile Asian American ] people express those things is because... they feel like they're not being treated as if they were White, and they want to feel some form of solidarity with other groups who might be feeling this way, but the issue is that when you express such shallow, privileged politics and concerns, it's very difficult to build those pathways to solidarity.
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