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heavenward en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English hevenward, heveneward, hefneward, equivalent to heaven + -ward.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Leading or rising toward heaven.
    • ⁠Thy spirit ere our fatal loss ⁠Did ever rise from high to higher; ⁠As mounts the heavenward altar-fire, As flies the lighter thro’ the gross. 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XL”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 62:

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Deriveds

heavenwardness · heavenwardly

Synonyms

heavenwards · heavenbound · Heavenwards

heavenward en · ADV

Etymology

From Middle English hevenward, heveneward, hefneward, equivalent to heaven + -ward.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Toward heaven (place of the afterlife).
  2. (not-comparable) Toward the heavens: skyward; starward.
    • She rolled her eyes heavenward in exasperation.
    • Whereupon he heaved a sign and sent it heavenward. Part 1 published in 1605, Part 2 in 1615, translated in 2003, Miguel de Cervantes and translated by Edith Grossman, Don Quixote, page 156:

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Antonyms

downward · earthward · groundward

Translations (6)

de himmelwärts (toward heaven) · pl w niebo (toward heaven) · pl w niebo (toward the heavens, skyward) · de himmelwärts (toward the heavens, skyward) · fi taivasta kohti (toward heaven) · fi taivasta kohti (toward the heavens, skyward)