单词 | upward of |
释义 | > as lemmasupward of 8. upward of = upwards adv. 8. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > a great quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > rather more than and morec1230 and (also or) upward1555 and upwards1570 upward of1623 upwards of1721 rising1808 the rise of1834 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. iv. 34 I haue beene your Wife, in this Obedience, Vpward of twenty yeares. View more context for this quotation a1628 F. Greville Life of Sidney (1651) xvi. 218 The builders of any ships upward of so many hundred Tuns. 1864 Intellectual Observer VI. 282 A good swarm..containing at the lowest estimate upward of 40,000. < as lemmas |
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