upwardly mobile

English

Adjective

upwardly mobile (comparative more upwardly mobile, superlative most upwardly mobile)

  1. Likely to advance in economic or social standing.
    • 2015 July 26, Will Self, “Original short story: Architectural Salvage, by Will Self”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
      Still, at least the venue was appropriate: Lettice had hired out the long, dusty salon that formed the first-storey salesroom of an upmarket architectural salvage business. It was here young and upwardly-mobile couples came to browse among the mouldings, entablatures, pilasters and ironwork of the past.

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