skywards

[US]/'skaiwədz/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. towards the sky, in an upward direction

Phrases & Collocations

look skywards

reach skywards

point skywards

gaze skywards

fly skywards

Real-world Examples

Harry and Seamus swished and flicked, but the feather they were supposed to be sending skywards just lay on the desktop.

Source: All-Star Read "Harry Potter" Collection

One Japanese species rockets skywards at a rate of a metre a day.

Source: 200 dictations for Level 4 Listening.

But his tendency to make great leaps from slight data meant his ideas often lacked solid foundations—much like his geodesic domes, novel structures that soared skywards without apparent support and occasionally came crashing down.

Source: The Economist Culture

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