skyward vs upwardly

skyward

adv
  • At or toward the sky. 

adj
  • Pointing or facing at or moving toward the sky. 

upwardly

adv
  • In an upward manner. 

  • Towards a higher level, position or status. 

How often have the words skyward and upwardly occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )