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View synonyms for heavenward

heavenward

[ hev-uhn-werd ]

adverb

  1. Also heaven·wards. toward heaven.


adjective

  1. directed toward heaven:

    heavenward prayer.

heavenward

/ ˈhɛvənwəd /

adjective

  1. directed towards heaven or the sky
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adverb

  1. a variant of heavenwards
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • heaven·ward·ly adverb
  • heaven·ward·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of heavenward1

First recorded in 1200–50, heavenward is from the Middle English word hevenward. See heaven, -ward
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Example Sentences

They all shared a heavenward lift that one no drug could match.

Even William looked a bit nervous as he cast his eyes heavenward.

Raising her hands and face heavenward, she said solemnly: "O God, what have I done that you should be so good to me?"

Forward goes your strength tending heavenward, rich in offerings, with the ladle full of ghee.

Her own glorious orbs turned heavenward, a mystic light shone in them, and she raised her arms as if in invocation.

Sisters, let us try by all possible means to befriend our own sex and help all who are thrown in our way, heavenward.

The prayers and blessings of mother and son, borne heavenward, met in the bosom of their common God and Father.

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