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upways

upways adverb: upward.

Adverb

upways (not comparable)

  1. upward
    • The peaked caps all tried to get the hat upright, but it lobbed over sideways and backways and refused to stick upways, so that one of the peaked caps was forced to explain why.1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 43

Origin of upways

From up + -ways.

Questions about upways

What does upways mean?
Upways means upward.
What part of speech is upways?
Upways is an adverb.

Words near upways in the dictionary

  1. upwarp
  2. upwarping
  3. upwarps
  4. upwash
  5. upwashes
  6. upways
  7. upweight
  8. upweighted
  9. upweighting
  10. upweights
  11. upwell

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