cityward

or cit·y·wards

[ sit-ee-werd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

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

The look cityward is not always caused by the incitement of an uneasy, a commercial, or an ignoble impulse.

A Waterloo train conveyed him cityward, and, avoiding the haunts of his associates, he dined at a restaurant in the Strand.

So he sprinted forward, regardless of her protests, and arrived at the next corner just in time to catch the car going cityward.

They shake hands warmly, and in five minutes Guy is rattling cityward again through the increasing fog.

These are questions all commuters should ask whether their journey cityward is made entirely by automobile or partly by train.

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