Skyward
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Skyward is an adverb meaning At or toward the sky.
Meaning
At or toward the sky.
More Meanings
- Pointing or facing at or moving toward the sky.
Example Sentences
The rocket shot skyward and exploded in a burst of glittering stars.
No Jute is left to wield a sword to save this hoard. No one is left to swing the battle-ax skyward.
Pass the chalk. Dr. Levine was there with a friend and fellow psychiatrist (detect a pattern?), Alexa Albert, Coco’s mother, who squinted up into the sun as her daughter effortlessly sailed skyward. Dr. Albert is an acrophobe.
If there is a heaven up there, Carl Sagan will be in his element on November 30, when Venus, Jupiter, and the moon align in a facelike formation. Gaze skyward to appreciate this rare triple feature of the brightest planets with a wry grin from the moon.
Word Forms
- skywards
Synonyms for skyward
Depending on context, synonyms include heavenward, up, skywards.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include heavenward, up, aloft, horizonward, above, airwards.
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