Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ceilingward

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ceil-ing-ward
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Facing or directed toward the ceiling.

adv

Toward the ceiling.

Example Sentences

"Noble's eyes flashed in a quick ceilingward glance."
"". . . Did you see what she upstairs had delivered today?" one woman huffed with a ceilingward glance and a dripping poke of her thumb in the vague direction of the Snooks."
"Once again, my little attempt to charm her with humour was met with a ceilingward lifting of the eyebrows in finicky disapproval."
"Liddell nodded, exhaled a feathery tendril of dirty white smoke ceilingward."
"“Mom!” he said, rolling his eyes ceilingward. “I'm not a kid, you know.”"
"Logging off, Alynn stood up and stretched her arms ceilingward, fingers intertwined high above her head."

Etymology

From ceiling + -ward.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ceiling

Questions

What does ceilingward mean?: Facing or directed toward the ceiling.
Where does ceilingward come from?: From ceiling + -ward.

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