coastwardadv.adj.
Toward, or in the direction of, the coast.
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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [adjective] > towards
shoreward1804
coastward1853
onshore1860
inshore1882
the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [adverb] > towards
to the strandwardc1460
to (the) shoreward1582
home1668
shorewarda1691
shorewards1837
coastward1853
coastwards1854
shoreward of1941
shoreside1948
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xlix. 460 As we looked coastward,..a jagged wall of ice..was all that could be seen.
1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer I. 218 The coast of Greece and the coastward islands.
1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights II. 8 As you advanced into it [sc. the wood] from coastward, elders were succeeded by other hardy shrubs.
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