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starward

starward adverb: toward the stars.

Adverb

starward (not comparable)

  1. Toward the stars.

Adjective

starward (not comparable)

  1. Leading or pointing toward the stars.
    • Its white steeple is then truly a starward-pointing finger;1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Sorrows of Teufelsdrockh”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 2nd book, page 104
    • They were still indoors in the old-fashioned way, but the view. . . . They were on the starward side of the arc.1992, Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep, 1st edition, New York: Tor, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 212
    Synonyms:
    starbound

Synonyms of starward

Origin of starward

From star + -ward.

Questions about starward

What does starward mean?
Starward means toward the stars.
What part of speech is starward?
Starward can be an adverb or an adjective.

Words near starward in the dictionary

  1. Starving Time
  2. starvingly
  3. starvings
  4. starviolet
  5. starviolets
  6. starward
  7. starwards
  8. starwatcher
  9. starwatchers
  10. starway
  11. starways

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