Heavenward

Definitions: Heavenward

Heavenward

Adjective

1. Directed toward heaven or the sky; "the soul in its heavenward flight".

Adverb

1. Toward heaven; "he pointed heavenward".

Date "heavenward" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)

Synonyms: Heavenward

Synonyms: skyward (adj), heavenwardly (adv), heavenwards (adv). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Heavenward

English words defined with "heavenward": Earthwards ♦ skyward. (references)

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Modern Usage: Heavenward

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	A living soul of heavenward forever ("Let there be more light"; performing artist: Pink Floyd)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Heavenward

Domain	Title
Books	Selections from Stepping Heavenward (reference) Stepping Heavenward (reference) The Heavenward Path (reference) Thinking Heavenward (1913) (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Heavenward Bound (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Heavenward

Author	Quotation
Minna Antrim	A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.
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Usage Frequency: Heavenward

"Heavenward" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 94.12% of the time. "Heavenward" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adverb (general)	94.12%	16	87,710
Adjective (general or positive)	5.88%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	17	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Heavenward

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
heavenward	2
stepping heavenward	2
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Modern Translations: Heavenward

Language		Translations for "heavenward"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		gen Himmel gerichtet (skyward, skywards). (various references)

Hungarian		ég felé (heavenwards, skyward). (various references)

Italian		rivolto verso il cielo. (various references)

Pig Latin		eavenwardhay

Russian		по направлению к небу. (various references)

Turkish		cennete giden, cennete doğru olan, cennete doğru (heavenwards). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Heavenward

Derivations
	Words beginning with "heavenward": heavenwards. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Heavenward"

Words rhyming with "heavenward" (pronounced 'Heav"en*ward'): Adward, Aftward, Againward, Aukward, Awayward, Awkward, Ayenward, Bearward, Bedward, Bridge-ward, Castleward, Deathward, Enfroward, Foreward, Forthward, froward, Godward, greensward, Hayward, Healthward, Hellward, henceforward, Hereafterward, Hitherward, landward, Lateward, leeward, Leftward, March-ward, Mornward, Nayward, Nightward, Overforward, Rereward, Rightward, Schoolward, Shoreward, skyward, straightforward, Sunward, Superreward, Thenceforward, Thiderward, Thitherward, Vanward, Vaward, Wayward, Whitherward, Woodward, Woolward. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Heavenward

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-e-h-n-r-v-w"
	-2 letters: verandah.
	-3 letters: aneared, awardee, havened, havered, ravened, vanward, veranda, warhead, wavered.
	-4 letters: adhere, deewan, dharna, drawee, earned, endear, evader, harden, header, heaved, heaven, heaver, neared, nerved, reaved, vaward, vender, wander, warden, warned, weaned, weaner, weaved, weaver, wharve, wherve.
	-5 letters: aahed, ahead, anear, areae, arena, award, aware, awned, daven, dawen, deave, denar, dewan, dewar, drave, drawn, eared, eaved, ender, evade, hared, haven, haver, hawed, heard, heave, heder, hewed, hewer, navar, nerve, never, newer, ranee, raved, raven, reave, redan, renew, rewan, rewed, vanda, vaned, varna, veena, venae, wader, waned, wared, waved, waver, weave, wheen, where.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-e-h-n-r-v-w"
	+1 letter: heavenwards.
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