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heavenward
[ hev-uhn-werd ]
adverb
- Also heaven·wards. toward heaven.
adjective
- directed toward heaven:
heavenward prayer.
heavenward
/ ˈhɛvənwəd /
adjective
- directed towards heaven or the sky
adverb
- See heavenwardsa variant of heavenwards
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Other Words From
- heaven·ward·ly adverb
- heaven·ward·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of heavenward1
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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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