ceilingward

English

Etymology

ceiling +‎ -ward

Adjective

ceilingward (not comparable)

1. Facing or directed toward the ceiling.
   • 1971, Eaton K. Goldthwaite, The Marble Forest, Doubleday, page 41:

     Noble's eyes flashed in a quick ceilingward glance.

   • 2008, D. M. Cornish, Lamplighter, G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 141:

     ". . . 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.

   • 2012, Kathy Lette, The Boy Who Fell to Earth, Bantam, →ISBN, page 59:

     Once again, my little attempt to charm her with humour was met with a ceilingward lifting of the eyebrows in finicky disapproval.

Adverb

ceilingward (not comparable)

1. Toward the ceiling.
   • 1949, Frank Kane, Green Light for Death‎^[1], Prologue Books, published 2012, →ISBN:

     Liddell nodded, exhaled a feathery tendril of dirty white smoke ceilingward.

   • 1989, Sandra Brown, Long Time Coming, Bantam Dell, published 2006, →ISBN, page 76:

     “Mom!” he said, rolling his eyes ceilingward. “I'm not a kid, you know.”

   • 2002, Michael P. Kube-McDowell, Vectors, Bantam Spectra, →ISBN, page 118:

     Logging off, Alynn stood up and stretched her arms ceilingward, fingers intertwined high above her head.