upstairs
on a floor above
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,254 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,777 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
adverb
- on a floor above also: up the stairs, on a higher floor they lived upstairs
- with respect to the mind she's a bit weak upstairs
adjective
- on or of upper floors of a building also: upstair the upstairs maidan upstairs room
noun
- the part of a building above the ground floor no one was allowed to see the upstairs
upstairs in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Now go upstairs to your bed; it is already late.
A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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Hearing somebody else coming upstairs, he prepared to repeat his speech.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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The blood blinded him so that he could barely make his way upstairs.
The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1
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Of course, Dan said, and he instructed the servant to ask the scribe to come upstairs.
The Brook Kerith: A Syrian story · George Moore · Chapter 1
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He was stiff and sore all over, and feeling braver in the light 'e stepped softly upstairs and opened the door.
Bill's Lapse Odd Craft, Part 4. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1