Meanings
- not comparableUpwards, in the direction of the sky or heavens.
'Aaah!' they sigh, as the silvery Space Shuttle races heavenwards on top of a towering pillar of flame.
1985, Joan Morrison, chapter 5, in Share House Blues, Boolarong Publications, page 622 more examples
Nabby Adams had nearly fallen, but six feet eight inches of integrity had reared itself heavenwards just in time.
1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy; 1), London: Heinemann, →OCLC, page 127“I reckon that I was going to die and then they, whoever they are” – she [Tracey Emin] glances heavenwards – “they said, ‘I don’t think she’s all bad. Let’s give her another go, see what she can do.’”
2026 February 14, Charlotte Higgins, “‘Regrets? Number one: smoking. Number two: taking it up the wrong hole’: Tracey Emin on reputation, radical honesty – and Reform”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbtoward heaven
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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