coast·wise

[kohst-wahyz]
adverb
1.
along the coast: We sailed coastwise for days before finding a harbor.
adjective
2.
following the coast.

Origin:
1685–95; coast + -wise

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coastwise

adjective
1. along or following a coast; "coastal shipping"; "coastwise winds contributed to the storm" 

adverb
1. by way of, or along the coast; "we were travelling coastwise" 
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Coastwise is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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The proposed ownership standard would place fisheries on a par with the ownership standard for coastwise trade.
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