airwardadv.
/ˈɛːwəd/, U.S. /ˈɛrˌwərd/ Towards the air, upward.
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the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in upward direction > to the sky or air
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1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 171 When the Muse's wings are air-ward spread.
1880 G. MacDonald Bk. of Strife 247 All winged things came from the waters first; Airward still many a one from the water springs.
1920 E. R. Burroughs Thuvia ii. 25 That they had no thought to let the thing go unnoticed was quickly evidenced by the..shooting airward of a long-lined patrol boat.
1965 Daily Messenger (Canandaigua, N.Y.) 5 Feb. 1/1 After the short run the plane hopped airward.
1990 G. Cross Worktowners at Blackpool vii. 89 If the piers went seaward, the Tower went airward. The idea was to get up into the air, above the world, to look down on it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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