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# skyward

«skyward» in Mova's school dictionary: **Upward, towards the sky** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb or adjective (skyward, skywards)

### meaning for a pupil

Upward, towards the sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skyward/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in the lessons a character looks or faces upward, often when hoping for help or in wonder

### examples

- He looked skyward and saw the birds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skyward/#x1)
- The larks flew skyward. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skyward/#x2)
- She raised her eyes skyward and made a wish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skyward/#x3)
- A skyward gaze is a hopeful one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skyward/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «skyward» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skyward/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.