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B2adverb · rare

skyward

At or toward the skyAt or toward the sky.

US/skˈaɪwɚd/

» Inside this church, parishioners clench their eyes shut and lift their hands skyward as their lips move in prayer during the service.

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Meaning

1 senses

(not comparable)At or toward the sky.
The rocket shot skyward and exploded in a burst of glittering stars.
toward the sky

Examples

1 sentences

Inside this church, parishioners clench their eyes shut and lift their hands skyward as their lips move in prayer during the service.
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Synonyms

1 synonyms

Close in meaning

toward the sky:skywards

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

skyrocket skyscraperB1 skywalker slabC2 slackC1

Dictionary 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.

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