zenithwardshttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zenithwards_adv%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezenithwards, adv.
Revised 2018

zenithwardsadverb

  1. 1826–
    Towards the zenith; in the direction of the zenith. Also figurative.
    1. 1826
      A number of rockets were thrown at the car, until at length it caught fire and blew up, carrying the Poonhgee..zenithwards.
      Asiatic Journal & Monthly Register October 379
    2. 1863
      It does awaken our surprise when we read how they [sc. balloonists] soared zenithwards six miles.
      Liverpool Mercury 16 December 6/6
    3. 1871
      The meridian sun..is..climbing zenithwards.
      A. Stewart, Nether Lochaber (1883) xxii. 128
    4. 1917
      All building materials and labor costs are merrily fluctuating or moving zenithwards.
      J. R. McMahon, Success in Suburbs vi. 127
    5. 2015
      The sun moved slowly zenithwards.
      G. Holderness, Re-Writing Jesus 172

Originally published as part of the entry for zenith, n. & adj.

zenithwards, adv. was revised in June 2018.

zenithwards, adv. was last modified in July 2023.