Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

onward and upward

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English

Syllables: on-ward and up-ward
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Alternative form of onwards and upwards.

Example Sentences

"This, obviously, has nothing to do with bondage, so now it seems completely unclear why Tim would be associated with it. It sounded good when the story was posted on the Internet, but it was late and your author had spent too many hours in front of the computer that day. Oh well. Onward and upward."

Questions

What does onward and upward mean?: Alternative form of onwards and upwards.

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