The kite soared upwards with the swiftness of a bird.
Source: tatoeba (276072)
Upwards
//ˈʌpwɚdz//
Synonyms for "upwards" (22 found)
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6 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
1 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
61 translations across 24 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἄνω adv (to a higher position)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- yuxarı adv (to a higher position)
Belarusian
4 entries- наве́рсе adv (to a higher position)
- наве́рх adv (to a higher position)
- уве́рсе adv (to a higher position)
- уве́рх adv (to a higher position)
Dutch
2 entries- hoger adv (to something superior)
- opwaarts adv (to a higher position)
Estonian
1 entries- üles adv (to a higher position)
Faroese
2 entries- niðaneftir adv (to a higher position)
- uppeftir adv (to a higher position)
Finnish
4 entries- korkeammaksi adv (to a higher amount)
- myöhemmäksi adv (to later life)
- myöhemmäs adv (to later life)
- taemmaksi adv (to the past)
French
1 entries- en haut adv (to a higher position)
Georgian
3 entries- ზევით adv (to a higher position)
- ზემოთ adv (to a higher position)
- მაღლა adv (to a higher position)
German
4 entries- aufwärts adv (to a higher position)
- herauf adv (to a higher position)
- hinauf adv (to a higher position)
- hoch adv (to a higher position)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌹𐌿𐍀 adv (to a higher position)
Irish
2 entries- aníos adv (to a higher position)
- suas adv (to a higher position)
Latin
1 entries- sūrsum adv (to a higher position)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- یوقاری adv (to a higher position)
Polish
2 entries- w górę adv (to a higher position)
- wzwyż adv (to a higher position)
Portuguese
2 entries- para cima adv (to a higher position)
- para cima adv (to a higher amount)
Romanian
2 entries- la deal adv (to a higher position)
- în sus adv (to a higher position)
Romansch
4 entries- se adv (to a higher position)
- sen adv (to a higher position)
- si adv (to a higher position)
- sü adv (to a higher position)
Russian
3 entries- вверх adv (to a higher position)
- ввысь adv (to a higher position)
- вы́ше adv (to a higher amount)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- a-nìos adv (to a higher position)
Slovene
2 entries- gôr adv (to a higher position)
- navzgor adv (to a higher position)
Spanish
2 entries- arriba adv (to a higher position)
- hacia arriba adv (to a higher position)
Swedish
2 entries- uppför adv (to a higher position)
- uppåt adv (to a higher position)
Ukrainian
1 entries- вверх adv (to a higher position)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
His car cost him upwards of ten thousand dollars.
Source: tatoeba (288775)
Monsieur D'Espilly, in the year 1772, calculated the population of France at upwards of 22 millions; namely, 10,562,631 males, and 11,451,726 females; consequently the proportion of females to males was about 14 to 13.
Source: tatoeba (1729105)
The hedgehog's snout stretched upwards in curiosity.
Source: tatoeba (2776523)
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