Usually means: Advancing to higher economic status.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word upwardly mobile:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. upwardly mobile: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. upwardly mobile: Merriam-Webster
  3. upwardly mobile: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. upwardly mobile: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. upwardly mobile: Collins English Dictionary
  6. upwardly-mobile: Wordnik
  7. upwardly mobile: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. upwardly mobile: Wiktionary
  9. upwardly mobile: Dictionary.com
  10. Upwardly Mobile: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. upwardly-mobile, upwardly mobile: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. upwardly mobile: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. upwardly mobile: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. upwardly mobile: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See upward_mobility as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (upwardly mobile)

adjective:  Likely to advance in economic or social standing.

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