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ˈcityward, adv.
[see -ward.]
a. Toward, or in the direction of, the city (orig. to the city-ward).
a1400–50Alexander 2847 To þe cite-ward of Susys himselfe he aproches. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. xvi. 17 Mouyng of people drawyng to the Cite warde. 1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Jrnls. (1872) I. 1 As we drove city-ward.
b. Also capable of being used attrib. or as adj., as in ‘the cityward view, course, route, etc.’
1873J. H. Beadle Undevel. West 804 The cityward bluff of the Colorado rises almost perpendicular for thirty feet or more from the water's edge. 1898Daily News 28 Mar. 8/7 The cityward and homeward lines of traffic. 1900Westm. Gaz. 25 July 2/3 Blocks in cityward traffic. |