adverb / adjective · neutral
skyward
UK/ˈskaɪwəd/US/ˈskaɪwɚd/SKY·ward
Band 5-6speakingtask2
toward the sky or upwards
Examples
“The rocket shot skyward and disappeared from view.”
“Leaves were blown skyward by the gust.”
“skyward motion”
Band 8 sentence
“Smoke curled skyward from the chimneys as dawn broke over the city.”
Collocations
- shoot skyward
- look skyward
- rise skyward
Word family
skyward adv., adj.skywards adv. (BrE variant)
Common mistakes
The rocket went to skyward.→The rocket went skyward.
He looked upward the cloud.→He looked skyward at the cloud.
Say it for a higher band
5up→6upward→7+skyward
Synonyms
upward
Easily confused
upward
“The fireworks rose skyward in a brilliant display.”
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