"skywards" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Etymology: From sky + -wards. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sky|wards}} sky + -wards Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} skywards (not comparable)
  1. In the direction of the sky; upwards. Tags: not-comparable Translations (in the direction of the sky): himmelwärts (German), אל על (el al) (Hebrew)
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          "ref": "2019 June 1, Oliver Wainwright, “Super-tall, super-skinny, super-expensive: the ‘pencil towers’ of New York’s super-rich”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-10-05:",
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