cityward

American  

[sit-ee-werd] / ˈsɪt i wərd /

Or citywards

adverb

1. to, toward, or in the direction of the city.

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Etymology

Origin of cityward

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at city, -ward

Example Sentences

He stopped the first car which came along, headed cityward.

From Time Magazine Archive

When they awake in the early morning and prepare for their flight cityward, the combined noise which they make is something like the roar of artillery.

From The Pearl of India by Ballou, Maturin Murray

It is for this reason, perhaps, that the gap widens as we go upward in society, and between the same social levels as we go cityward.

From Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition by Bacon, Alice Mabel

For the second time, Madeline Payne is fleeing away from Oakley and all that it contains; fleeing cityward to begin, with the morrow, a new task, and a new chapter in her existence.

From Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter by Lynch, Lawrence L.

Herein is a germ of the cityward migration: the farmer himself is looking for "something better" for his children.

From The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West by Stead, Robert J. C.