heavenward
English
Alternative forms
- Heavenward
Etymology
From Middle English hevenward, heveneward, hefneward, equivalent to heaven + -ward.
Adverb
heavenward (not comparable)
- Toward heaven.
- Toward the heavens: skyward; starward.
- She rolled her eyes heavenward in exasperation.
Antonyms
Translations
Adjective
heavenward (not comparable)
- Leading or rising toward heaven.
- 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XL”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 62:
- 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.
Synonyms
- heavenbound
- heavenwards
- Heavenwards