Upweardes

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. Toward a higher place, level, or position, in the direction of the sky or a raised point (archaic)
2. Rising or moving in a direction that goes up, toward something elevated, as used in older English writing
3. Going or pointing toward a higher point, such as the heavens or a raised position, in an archaic manner

Etymology: "Upweardes" is an Old English adverb meaning "upward," and it is the ancestor of modern "upwards." Its ending is a genitive case marker, the same "-es" that once made "toward" into "towardes" and later "towards," and "afterwards" and "backwards" follow the same pattern. The base, "upweard," joins "up" with the suffix "-weard," meaning "toward," which also gives us "homeward" and "onward."

Synonyms: upwards, upward, aloft

Antonyms: downwards, downward