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skyward, adv. and a.|ˈskaɪwəd|
Also 6 skies ward.
[sky n.1]
A. adv. Towards, in the direction of, the sky. In early use to (the) skyward.
1582Stanyhurst æneis i. (Arb.) 20 To skyward his claspt hands heauelye lifting. Ibid. ii. 65 Mounting his sight to the skyward. 1586W. Webbe Eng. Poetrie (Arb.) 76 Swift buckes shall flie for foode to the skies ward.
1821Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 80 One glances sky-ward with affright. 1840Hood Kilmansegg, Courtship ii, The grieving Angel had skyward flown. 1871Palgrave Lyr. Poems 17 A blaze shot skyward from the crystal mere.
fig.1884‘H. Collingwood’ Under Meteor Flag 33 Our hopes..began once more to soar skyward.
B. adj. Leading to the sky; going towards the sky; heavenward.
1831W. Howitt Bk. of Seasons 325 The sky-ward and inaccessible pinnacles. 1838Moir Casa Wappy Poems (1852) I. 21 Thy little feet have trode The skyward path. 1839–48Bailey Festus Proem p. v, Ere..granite wrought Its skyward impulse from earth's hearth of fire. 1935C. Day Lewis Time to Dance 22 Speak up, speak up, you skyward man, Speak up and tell us true.
Hence ˈskywardly adv.
1893Nat. Observer 11 Mar. 413/1 The corks have broken forth and shot skywardly. |