Meaning
1 senses(not comparable)Pointing or facing at or moving toward the sky.
ввысьvvysʹ
directed toward heaven or the sky
Examples
1 sentencesInside this church, parishioners clench their eyes shut and lift their hands skyward as their lips move in prayer during the service.
Translations
3 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
toward the sky:
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- directed toward heaven or the sky:heavenward
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedskywardly
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.