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heavenward

[hev-uhn-werd]

heav·en·ward

[hev-uhn-werd]
adverb
1.
Also, heav·en·wards. toward heaven.
adjective
2.
directed toward heaven: heavenward prayer.

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Heavenward is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1200–50; Middle English hevenward. See heaven, -ward

heav·en·ward·ly, adverb
heav·en·ward·ness, noun
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heavenward (ˈhɛvənwəd)
 
adj
1.  directed towards heaven or the sky
 
adv
2.  a variant of heavenwards

heavenwards or heavenward (ˈhɛvənwədz)
 
adv
towards heaven or the sky
 
heavenward or heavenward
 
adv

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