English
Adverb
en-adv|pos=above-stairs
- On any floor above the ground level, especially, one which is reached by means of a staircase.
Quotations
1749: w:Henry Fielding|Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
:The physician now arrived, and began to inquire of the two disputants, how we all did above-stairs? "In a miserable way," answered Thwackum.
1877: w:Henry James|Henry James, The American
:She took him to a room above-stairs, and introduced him to a bed on which a magnified bolster, in yellow calico, figured as a counterpane.
1901: w:M. P. Shiel|M. P. Shiel, The Lord of the Sea
:He was found above-stairs in an empty room, searching the floor for something.
Synonyms
upstairs
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