moonward

[ moon-werd ]

adverb

1. Also moonwards. toward the moon:

   turned their eyes moonward.

adjective

1. directed toward the moon:

   the moonward flight of the rocket.

Word History and Origins

Origin of moonward¹

First recorded in 1850–55; moon + -ward

Example Sentences

Danuri will make a long, looping moonward journey, settling into lunar orbit by mid-December.

From Time

The fountains from their stone basins leaped moonward in the passion of their love and seemed to fall sobbing back to earth.

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Then you float free and weightless in a long nightmare as the beast coasts moonward, a flung javelin.

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He stood in the tub of water by the pump, rubbing one foot with the other, and his eyes turned moonward.

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She yapped once at her mate, but he was absorbed in his night song, his muzzle pointed moonward as he voiced a fine wailing.

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Beyond the pines the path led me moonward through glades among deciduous trees, no doubt the abodes of elves.

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