adv. [see -WARD.] Toward, or in the direction of, the city (orig. to the city-ward).
a. 1400–50. Alexander, 2847. To þe cite-ward of Susys himselfe he aproches.
1523. Ld. Berners, Froiss., I. xvi. 17. Mouyng of people drawyng to the Cite warde.
1858. Hawthorne, 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.’
