Definition of "upwardly" []

• In an upward manner. (adverb)
• Towards a higher level, position or status. (adverb)

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• "The inheritance tax proposal was aimed squarely at the core vote, which I define as the upwardly mobile middle classes."
• "Haitians in America and Canada are well known as upwardly mobile, entrepreneurial, and hardworking."
• "I fear that in our so-called upwardly mobile world we are on a downward spiral toward moral bankruptcy."