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skyward

[ skahy-werd ]

/ ˈskaɪ wərd /

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adverb

Also sky·wards. toward the sky.

adjective

directed toward the sky.

Origin of skyward

First recorded in 1575–85; sky + -ward

Words nearby skyward

skyscraping, skysurf, skysurfing, skytrooper, skywalk, skyward, skyway, skywrite, skywriting, skíros, sl

Example sentences from the Web for skyward

The radial drill has got so it points its nose in all directions but skyward, but whether in its best form is not certain.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 |Various
The third skyward road is the alternation between the other two.

Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) |Thomas Carlyle
He experimented carefully, floating the rocks at different angles and then hurtling them skyward.

Restricted Tool |Malcolm B. Morehart
Suddenly a giant comber caught up the dugout, turtled it skyward and then rushed it sickeningly down.

The Ocean Wireless Boys on the Pacific |Wilbur Lawton

This skyward track, however, is fit only for the winged portion of the human species, for the smallest.

Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) |Thomas Carlyle

British Dictionary definitions for skyward

skyward

/ (ˈskaɪwəd) /

adjective

directed or moving towards the sky

adverb

Also: skywards towards the sky