"skyward" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From sky + -ward. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sky|ward}} sky + -ward Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} skyward (not comparable)
  1. Pointing or facing at or moving toward the sky. Tags: not-comparable Translations (toward the sky): οὐράνιος (ouránios) (Ancient Greek), سَمَاوِيٌّ (samāwiyyun) (Arabic), ĉiela (Esperanto), taivaallinen (Finnish), céleste (French), ουράνιος (ouránios) (Greek), celeste (Portuguese), ввысь (vvysʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-skyward-en-adj-0GaqmQXC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ward Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 97 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ward: 100 0

Adverb

Etymology: From sky + -ward. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sky|ward}} sky + -ward Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} skyward (not comparable)
  1. At or toward the sky. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-skyward-en-adv-8oRhvyn~

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