coastward

[ kohst-werd ]

/ ˈkoʊst wərd /

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adverb

Also coastwards. toward the coast: We left the sinking ship in lifeboats and rowed coastward.

adjective

directed toward the coast: a coastward migration.

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Origin of coastward

First recorded in 1850–55; coast + -ward

Words nearby coastward

Coast Range, coast redwood, coast rhododendron, Coast Salish, coast-to-coast, coastward, coastways, coastwise, coat, coat armour, Coatbridge

How to use coastward in a sentence

Beneath you as you drive, the grand Columbia rolls coastward between sheer walls of basalt, while trophy waterfalls provide leg-stretching intervals.
5 of the American West’s Most Iconic Roads|kklein|August 8, 2021|Outside Online
"Fresh water come down dere," he cried, after a while, staring coastward.
The Hero of Panama|F. S. Brereton
Rather a dull valley lay below, backed by the slope of the coastward downs.
Howards End|E. M. Forster
In her pain and fright, she had wandered coastward for several miles.
Brothers of Peril|Theodore Goodridge Roberts

Coastward, -s, toward the coast; Coast′wise, along the coast.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
We had other things to do than fight Wasukuma, and therefore on the 21st we resumed the coastward march.
In Darkest Africa, Vol. 2; or, The quest, rescue and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria|Henry Morton Stanley