landward
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wərd adverb
1.
Also, land·wards. toward the land or interior.
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landward (ˈlændwəd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | lying, facing, or moving towards land |
| 2. | in the direction of the land |
| —adv | |
| 3. | a variant of landwards |
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Landward
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| landwards or landward (ˈlændwədz) | |
| —adv | |
| towards land | |
| landward or landward | |
| —adv | |
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Example sentences
Some beaches were still migrating landward, impacting roads and redevelopment plans for coastal villages.
These continued slope failures resulted in the enlargement of the affected area by landward progression of the vertical scarp.
Shorelines composed of older geologic units that form headland regions of the coast will retreat landward with rising sea level.
Ovals mark areas of patch reefs on the landward ridge.
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