airward

adverb

air·​ward ˈer-wərd 

variants or less commonly airwards

ˈer-wərdz 

: skyward

All up and down the river I could see startled gulls flapping airward in a frightened flight from the uproar.

—Ken Kesey, Sometimes a Great Notion, 1964

Word History

Etymology

air entry 3 + -ward entry 2, -wards

First Known Use

1820, in the meaning defined above

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