topwise

adverb3

1. •
   At or toward the top.

   • Grelun Landon, of Hill & Range Songs, Inc., New York, reports things looking up in the country field for his firm, which presently has six sides riding topwise in the charts. — 1960
2. •
   With the upper part foremost.
3. •
   In the manner of a spinning top.

   • […] spun topwise by swift floods […] — 1910