coastward

American

[kohst-werd] / ˈkoʊst wərd /

adverb

Also coastwards. toward the coast.

We left the sinking ship in lifeboats and rowed coastward.

adjective

directed toward the coast.

a coastward migration.

Etymology

Origin of coastward

First recorded in 1850–55; coast + -ward

Example Sentences

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Driving coastward through Mississippi last month, I hit rain.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2021

Travel coastward, jump two and a half centuries or so, sail into the fog, and you’ll soon make landfall in “The Lighthouse.”

From The New Yorker • Oct. 18, 2019

Then, in hundreds of canyons leading coastward from the mountains, they can accelerate up to 75 m.p.h.

From Time Magazine Archive

Our boats slid easily through the waves, three abreast, a friendly current bearing us coastward.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

At the first alarm of a submarine in the vicinity she had started coastward.

From Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns Sinking the German U-Boats by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)

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