adj
Meaning 1
Leading or rising toward heaven.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
heavenward
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adv
Meaning 2
Toward heaven.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 3
Toward the heavens: skyward; starward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- She rolled her eyes heavenward in exasperation.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
directed toward heaven or the sky
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the soul in its heavenward flight
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: skyward
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 5
toward heaven
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he pointed heavenward
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: heavenwards, heavenwardly
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English hevenward, heveneward, hefneward, equivalent to heaven + -ward.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: taivasta kohti — toward heaven
- German: himmelwärts — toward heaven
- Polish: w niebo — toward heaven
- Finnish: taivasta kohti — toward the heavens, skyward
- German: himmelwärts — toward the heavens, skyward
- Polish: w niebo — toward the heavens, skyward