skyward

[ skahy-werd ]

adverb

1. Also skywards. toward the sky.

adjective

1. directed toward the sky.

skyward

/ ˈskaɪwəd /

adjective

1. directed or moving towards the sky

adverb

1. Alsoskywards towards the sky

Word History and Origins

Origin of skyward¹

First recorded in 1575–85; sky + -ward

Example Sentences

Aluminum prices have jumped to the highest in 10 years, driven skyward in part by a crackdown on energy usage in China.

From Quartz

In another, two bodies fell from the plane as it climbed skyward.

From Washington Post

Vent discharges, however, occurred only when ash-rich plumes with volcanic lightning rocketed skyward at velocities greater than about 55 meters per second.

From Science News

Indeed, despite Warren’s 19th-century epiphany that the mummy in his care, named Padihershef, was a human being, the corpse remains under a glass case at the old surgical ward of the hospital, his head still unwrapped, staring forever skyward.

From Popular-Science

In time, these species evolved to grow skyward in dense communities that now blocked the sun from the forest floor.

From Science News For Students

Hoist that big historical asterisk skyward and place it next to his name.

From The Daily Beast

I asked, watching buzzards, white-backed vultures, and tawny eagles corkscrew skyward on thermals.

From The Daily Beast

On Beach 130th Street just below the fire scene, two portable police searchlights powered by a generator were pointed skyward.

From The Daily Beast

But the mood in America—and the confidence levels at the White House—have zoomed skyward.

From The Daily Beast

Two balloons floated skyward in front of the Canadian Pacific building.

From The Daily Beast

Also rising here and there in the expanse, clouds that wind skyward, spreading out in a powdery mist.

From Project Gutenberg

He experimented carefully, floating the rocks at different angles and then hurtling them skyward.

From Project Gutenberg

He looked at the smashed automobiles, some with their four wheels pointing skyward like the stiffened legs of dead animals.

From Project Gutenberg

The broncho's back arched like a bow, and the saddle went skyward.

From Project Gutenberg

The man stopped, uttered an absurd little grunt, and thrust pudgy arms skyward.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• higher
• uphill