“upwardness”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

upwardness

释义

ˈupwardness
[f. upward a. + -ness.]
1. Tendency or proclivity to rise or mount upwards; the quality of suggesting upward movement.
1614Latham Falconry 21, I haue reclaimed an outragious, vnstaied hawke;..shee hath falne cleane from her vpwardnesse and high flying.1618Ibid. ii. 117 If by nature there were euer any vpwardnesse or high flying in her.1860W. J. C. Muir Pagan or Christian 62 The lancet-headed windows, arches, niches, all are in harmony of upwardness.Ibid. 88 This entire upwardness of composition [in Gothic architecture].1877Blackie Wise Men 305 They by natural upwardness Remount to earth.
2. The quality of being upward; relative altitude.
1896Duke of Argyll Philos. Belief 122 We cannot shake off the conception of high and low, of upwardness and downwardness.

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