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Definition of Skyward
1. Adjective. Directed toward heaven or the sky. "The soul in its heavenward flight"
2. Adverb. Toward the sky. "Look skywards!"
Definition of Skyward
1. a. & adv. Toward the sky.
Definition of Skyward
1. Adverb. At or toward the sky. ¹
2. Adjective. Pointing or facing at or moving toward the sky. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Skyward
1. toward the sky [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skyward
Literary usage of Skyward
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"... of the mountain torn, Its maw disgorges, while the molten rock Rolls screaming
skyward; from the nether deep The fathomless abyss makes ebb and flow. ..."
2. Out West: A Magazine of the Old Pacific and the New by Charles Fletcher Lummis, Archaeological Institute of America Southwest Society, Sequoya League (1908)
"... Lowell hesitated, gazing after Polly, who was following the professor skyward,
and finally seated himself by Aunt Zenia. "It seems to me that I must ..."
3. Ohio Educational Monthly by Ohio Education Association (1901)
"skyward. By JJ Burns. "Since eyes were made for seeing." — Emerson. As one of -the
Nature books for the year, though the author would probably don a ..."
4. Paris Days and London Nights by Alice Ziska Snyder, Milton Valentine Snyder (1921)
"... and Place de la Concorde—Peer skyward to See German Planes—Interesting Three
Mile Walk through the Heart of Paris during a Night Attack—A Prise ..."
5. ...With the Men who Do Things by Alexander Russell Bond (1913)
"CARS THAT TRAVEL skyward. BILL and I were sauntering down Broadway one day, when
a man suddenly grabbed me by the arm. "Hello!" he cried, "aren't you the ..."
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