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sunward

sunward

4.4
Facing the sun or the side that gets sunlight
  • adjective
  • /ˈsʌn.wɚd/
translation icon : hacia el sol
  • Programmed memory made details instantly familiar, though Lienor had never been so far sunward before.

Examples

  • We planted flowers in the garden that faced sunward, ensuring they received plenty of sunlight.

  • I looked out at the mountains, the sunward sides of the pines ablaze with light, the other sides deep in shadow.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Then he told her how this very morning he had found a late-bearing bush of huckleberries, dusty blue on their sunward faces, still green on their shady back halves.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • The sunward slopes of the hill were warm and bright, attracting hikers eager to enjoy the sun.

  • As the day progressed, the shadows grew longer, and all the plants leaned sunward to soak up the rays.

Synonyms

sunwise
vssunward
8.0

Moving toward the sun

also covers the side that receives sunlight rather than only movement
dayside
vssunward
  • Specialized
7.4

On the side of a planet or moon that faces the sun and is in sunlight

can mean facing the sun in general not only planetary sides

Antonyms

shadowed
3.5

Darker because something blocks the light

Surface Forms

sunward positive

Morphology

sunward = sun (transparent) = sun + ward

Formed by adding the directional suffix '-ward' to 'sun', so the meaning 'facing or directed toward the sun' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Sunward is formed from sun and -ward, where -ward means 'toward', like in forward or homeward. So a sunward side or window is the side that faces the sun and gets the sunlight.