Noah Webster
Upwards
UP'WARDS, adverb
1. Toward a higher place; opposed to downward.
Upward I lift my eye.
2. Toward heaven and God.
Looking inward, we are struck dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail.
3. With respect to the higher part.
Upward man, downward fish.
4. More than, indefinitely. upwards of ten years have elapsed; upwards of a hundred men were present.
5. Toward the source. Trace the stream upwards
And trace the muses upwards to their spring.