coastward

[ kohst-werd ]

adverb

1. Also coastwards. toward the coast:

   We left the sinking ship in lifeboats and rowed coastward.

adjective

1. directed toward the coast:

   a coastward migration.

Word History and Origins

Origin of coastward¹

First recorded in 1850–55; coast + -ward

Example Sentences

Beneath you as you drive, the grand Columbia rolls coastward between sheer walls of basalt, while trophy waterfalls provide leg-stretching intervals.

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"Fresh water come down dere," he cried, after a while, staring coastward.

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Rather a dull valley lay below, backed by the slope of the coastward downs.

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In her pain and fright, she had wandered coastward for several miles.

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Coastward, -s, toward the coast; Coast′wise, along the coast.

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We had other things to do than fight Wasukuma, and therefore on the 21st we resumed the coastward march.

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