Downward and Skyward

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Downward adverb - Toward or in a lower position.

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Skyward is an antonym for downward.

Nearby Words: downside, downwards, downwardly

Skyward adverb - Toward the sky.

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Downward is an antonym for skyward in topics: from a lower to higher position, directed up.

Nearby Word: skywards

Skyward Scream: Not so much a scream, but Lemmy's habit of raising the microphone high and tilting it downward, so that he had to be looking up at the ceiling to sing into it.

Source: Music / Motörhead

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