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joyward

joyward adverb: towards joy.

Adverb

joyward (not comparable)

  1. (literary) Towards joy.
    • Because her heart as our own heart, / Knowing the same wild upward stir, / Beats joyward by eternal laws, / We must arise and go with her;1894 March 15 [1893 January 25], Bliss Carman, “The Pensioners”, in Low Tide on Grand Pré, 2nd edition, Stone and Kimball, page 32

Origin of joyward

From joy + -ward.

Questions about joyward

What does joyward mean?
Joyward means towards joy.
What part of speech is joyward?
Joyward is an adverb.

Words near joyward in the dictionary

  1. joystick wagglers
  2. joysticked
  3. joysticking
  4. joysticklike
  5. joysticks
  6. joyward
  7. joyweed
  8. joyweeds
  9. Jozefowicz
  10. Jozi
  11. Joziah

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