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ceilingward

ceilingward adjective: facing or directed toward the ceiling.

Adjective

ceilingward (not comparable)

  1. Facing or directed toward the ceiling.
    • Noble's eyes flashed in a quick ceilingward glance.1971, Eaton K. Goldthwaite, The Marble Forest, Doubleday, page 41
    • ". . . Did you see what she upstairs had delivered today?" one woman huffed with a ceilingward glance and a dripping poke of her thumb in the vague direction of the Snooks.2008, D. M. Cornish, Lamplighter, G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 141

Adverb

ceilingward (not comparable)

  1. Toward the ceiling.
    • Liddell nodded, exhaled a feathery tendril of dirty white smoke ceilingward.1949, Frank Kane, Green Light for Death, Prologue Books, published 2012, →ISBN
    • “Mom!” he said, rolling his eyes ceilingward. “I'm not a kid, you know.”1989, Sandra Brown, Long Time Coming, Bantam Dell, published 2006, →ISBN, page 76

Examples of ceilingward in a sentence

  • Once again, my little attempt to charm her with humour was met with a ceilingward lifting of the eyebrows in finicky disapproval.2012, Kathy Lette, The Boy Who Fell to Earth, Bantam, →ISBN, page 59:
  • Logging off, Alynn stood up and stretched her arms ceilingward, fingers intertwined high above her head.2002, Michael P. Kube-McDowell, Vectors, Bantam Spectra, →ISBN, page 118:

Origin of ceilingward

From ceiling + -ward.

Questions about ceilingward

What does ceilingward mean?
Ceilingward means facing or directed toward the ceiling.
How do you use ceilingward in a sentence?
Once again, my little attempt to charm her with humour was met with a ceilingward lifting of the eyebrows in finicky disapproval.
What part of speech is ceilingward?
Ceilingward can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near ceilingward in the dictionary

  1. ceilinged
  2. ceilingless
  3. ceilinglessness
  4. ceilinglike
  5. ceilings
  6. ceilingward
  7. ceilingwards
  8. ceilis
  9. ceilometer
  10. ceilometers
  11. ceils

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