sunward
sunward adjective: directed or turned toward the sun.
Adjective
sunward (comparative more sunward, superlative most sunward)
- Directed or turned toward the sun.
- On some days of autumn you may see the grass full of stringy lines of cobwebs that make a glistening path sunward.1896, Clifton Johnson, “The Weather”, in What They Say in New England (non-fiction), Boston, Massachusetts, United States: Lee and Shepard Publishers, page 31
- His heart trembled; his breath came faster and a wild spirit passed over his limbs as though he were soaring sunward.1916, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC
Adverb
sunward (comparative more sunward, superlative most sunward)
- In the direction of the sun.
- To carry warfare sunward is, indeed, their only escape from the destruction that, generation after generation, creeps upon them.1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 4
- fruits of the flower pushed sun-ward through wide cracks in concrete1986, Donald W. Woods, “Sister Lesbos”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 104
- Synonyms:
- sunwards
Synonyms of sunward
Antonyms
Forms of sunward
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more sunward |
| superlative | most sunward |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more sunward |
| superlative | most sunward |
Origin of sunward
From sun + -ward.
Questions about sunward
- What does sunward mean?
- Sunward means directed or turned toward the sun.
- What part of speech is sunward?
- Sunward can be an adjective or an adverb.
Words near sunward in the dictionary
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