Wiktionary
a. near the coast adv. towards the coast
WordNet
adv. in the direction of the coast
Usage examples of "coastward".
The weather patterns of Istra bestowed rain in a serpentine belt, low on one continent and coastally on the other, storms breaking on an incredible mountain ridge which created wetlands coastward, and one of the most regrettable desolations of the Reach on the far side.
Tearing his crow costume from Oskar's shoulders, he darted off coastward, into the broom, dog rose, and scrub pine, and in departing dropped something with a calculated gesture suggesting that it was meant to be found.
On the slow weedy waterway he had floated on his raft coastward over Ireland drawn by a haulage rope past beds of reeds, over slime, mudchoked bottles, carrion dogs.
Rather a dull valley lay below, backed by the slope of the coastward downs.
Rather a dull valley lay below, backed by the slope of the coastward downs.