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COASTWARD

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coast⋅ward

[kohst-werd]
–adverb
1. Also, coastwards. toward the coast: We left the sinking ship in lifeboats and rowed coastward.
–adjective
2. directed toward the coast: a coastward migration.

Origin:
1850–55; coast + -ward
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coast·ward   (kōst'wərd)   
adv.   & adj.
Toward or directed toward a coast: The schooner sailed coastward. We followed a coastward route.
coast'wards (-wərdz) adv.
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