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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.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of coastward1

First recorded in 1850–55; coast + -ward
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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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

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