lifeward adjective 1adverb 1 adjective1 •Leading towards life.Such a flood in earth shall be, / That every life that hath lifeward, / Beast and body with bone and blood, / They shall be stormed through stress of storm — 1825 adverb1 •Towards life.As all the forces of sin press downward and deathward, so all the forces of virtue press upward and lifeward. — 1874