parkward

P3A1R1K5W4A1R1D2

adverb

Towards a park.

OriginProto-Germanic *wardaz ← Proto-Indo-European *wert- ← English park →
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Meanings

adverbparkward (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareTowards a park.

    There are also many smaller intervening play and rest areas to entice the parkward-bound into pausing there instead.

    1971, Alexander Klein, Empire City: A Treasury of New York
    1 more example

    Autumn appeared; people flew away from summer resorts like so many leaves before the wind; the roll of carriages parkward began anew...

    1872, Harper's Magazine

Origin

  1. Englishpark
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wert-
  3. Proto-Germanic*wardaz
  4. Englishparkward

From park + -ward.

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APA

parkward. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parkward

MLA

“parkward.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parkward. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parkward,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parkward.

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