Adverb : The birds flew upward. ,His employer wishes to move him upward in the company. ,fourscore and upward. ,They followed the Thames River upward from the North Sea to London. From Dictionary.com.
The inheritance tax proposal was aimed squarely at the core vote, which I define as the upwardly mobile middle classes. From Wordnik.com. [David Cameron] Reference
I gave the idea of upwardly trickling funds some thought. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
Haitians in America and Canada are well known as upwardly mobile, entrepreneurial, and hardworking. From Wordnik.com. [After Reconstruction] Reference
I fear that in our so-called upwardly mobile world we are on a downward spiral toward moral bankruptcy. From Wordnik.com. [Money For Mortality] Reference
He was an "upwardly" aspiring artist by reason of his hyper-accentuated religious fervours. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets] Reference
Rudd stars as Tim, an upwardly mobile young executive. From Wordnik.com. [A 'Dinner' Invitation You Can Safely Decline] Reference
The upwardly mobile Grevilles had flourished in a fluid society. From Wordnik.com. ['Aristocrats'] Reference
The Avedons were an upwardly mobile middle-class New York family. From Wordnik.com. [Avedon] Reference
At the stern the bottom was sloping upwardly at an angle and brackets. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns] Reference
Wife Kathleen was an upwardly mobile hostess in Richmond, the state capital. From Wordnik.com. [The Trouble With Willey] Reference
In maintaining the format, care is taken to make changes upwardly compatible. From Wordnik.com. [From the Print Media to the Internet] Reference
It split the working class between the upwardly mobile and the ones who were stuck. From Wordnik.com. [Saying Yes To Drugs] Reference
"And the upwardly mobile are more likely to encounter discriminatory white culture.". From Wordnik.com. [Three Is Not Enough] Reference
How do you deal with that upwardly mobile idea in a fair way to the rest of the world?. From Wordnik.com. [Arianna Huffington Sees A 'Third World America'] Reference
Nuts (G) serve to draw the bolts upwardly and thus tighten the blocks against the shaft. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Mechanics for Boys] Reference
They would be an upwardly mobile immigrant family with a bright future, if it were allowed. From Wordnik.com. [Idle By Law] Reference
Do you think The Body Shop's upwardly mobile customers will be interested in your products?. From Wordnik.com. [The Art Of Sockless Marketing] Reference
As in the United States, gays in Argentina are relatively well-educated and upwardly mobile. From Wordnik.com. [Letter from Argentina: Country legalizes same-sex marriage, and couples make big plans] Reference
Private-sector companies added 67,000 jobs, following an upwardly revised 107,000 gain in July. From Wordnik.com. [WSJ Article] Reference
In the first three months of the year, output per hours worked rose by an upwardly revised 3.9%. From Wordnik.com. [Productivity Fell in Second Quarter] Reference
Basically, no one is upwardly mobile in this country except for the people who own private jets. From Wordnik.com. [Weekend reading] Reference
They mostly speak the local language, Konkani, rather than English, the language of the upwardly mobile. From Wordnik.com. [In India, Stigma Of Mental Illness Hinders Treatment] Reference
This plug had an upwardly extending finger, so it could be drawn back against the resistance of the spring. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns] Reference
There is such a thing as being too well groomed, but apparently not for some upwardly mobile heterosexual men. From Wordnik.com. [BRAZILIANS FOR THE BOYS. NO, SERIOUSLY.] Reference
To a lot of people in upwardly mobile Seattle, the meeting had seemed like a great way to showcase their city. From Wordnik.com. [The Siege Of Seattle] Reference
We moved into an upwardly mobile neighborhood of professionals ranging in age from the mid-30s to the early 60s. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT YOU SAID] Reference
It is a word used by young, upwardly mobile urban professionals in a country in enormous transition toward modernity. From Wordnik.com. [In Vietnam, Stress over 'Stress'] Reference
The growth follows an upwardly revised 29.5% expansion in June, data from the Economic Development Board showed Thursday. From Wordnik.com. [Singapore Manufacturing Growth Slows] Reference
The S&P/Case-Shiller index rose 0.5 percent in May, seasonally adjusted, after an upwardly revised 0.6 percent gain in April. From Wordnik.com. [Consumer confidence down; home prices up] Reference
I rather like the idea of these upwardly mobile 18th-century monarchs trying to outdo each other with their porcelain factories. From Wordnik.com. [Fine Points of Table Art] Reference
But will upwardly mobile parents ever be comfortable sending their children to schools that are this focused on low-achieving kids?. From Wordnik.com. [Parents Push For Diversity In New Orleans' Schools] Reference
Today's hottest programs (and ads) portray the country as urban, capitalist and upwardly mobile -- the future China aspires to attain. From Wordnik.com. [ONE BILLION COUCH POTATOES] Reference
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