Starward
adj, adv
adj, adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Leading or pointing toward the stars. not-comparable
"Its white steeple is then truly a starward-pointing finger;"
Adverb
- 1 Toward the stars. not-comparable
Example
More examples""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.