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heavenward

adverb

No English definition recorded for this entry.

L191740 on Wikidata ↗

adjective

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L337300 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

adj

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

  1. 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.

adv

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

  1. Toward heaven.
  2. Toward the heavens: skyward; starward.

    She rolled her eyes heavenward in exasperation.

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