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skywards

skywards adverb: in the direction of the sky; upwards.

Adverb

skywards (not comparable)

  1. In the direction of the sky; upwards.
    • The explosion sent him skywards.
    • It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. [...] He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, “The Dissolution”, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC, page 3

Forms of skywards

alternative formskyward

Origin of skywards

From sky + -wards.

Questions about skywards

What does skywards mean?
Skywards means in the direction of the sky; upwards.
What part of speech is skywards?
Skywards is an adverb.

Words near skywards in the dictionary

  1. skywalker
  2. skywalkers
  3. skywalks
  4. skyward
  5. skywardly
  6. skywards
  7. skywatch
  8. skywatched
  9. skywatcher
  10. skywatchers
  11. skywatches

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