Starward

adj, adv

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Leading or pointing toward the stars. not-comparable

    "Its white steeple is then truly a starward-pointing finger;"

Adverb
  1. 1
    Toward the stars. not-comparable

Synonyms

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starbound

Example

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""Here Scylla, leftward sits Charybdis fell, / who, yawning thrice, her lowest depths laid bare, / sucks the vast billows in her throat's dark hell, / then starward spouts the refluent surge in air.""

Etymology

From star + -ward.

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