Sunward

adj, adv

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Directed or turned toward the sun.

    "On some days of autumn you may see the grass full of stringy lines of cobwebs that make a glistening path sunward."

Adverb
  1. 1
    In the direction of the sun.

    "To carry warfare sunward is, indeed, their only escape from the destruction that, generation after generation, creeps upon them."

Synonyms

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sunwardssunwards

Example

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"On some days of autumn you may see the grass full of stringy lines of cobwebs that make a glistening path sunward."

Etymology

From sun + -ward.

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