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coastwards

coastwards adverb: towards the coast.

Adverb

coastwards (not comparable)

  1. Towards the coast.

Origin of coastwards

From coast + -wards.

Questions about coastwards

What does coastwards mean?
Coastwards means towards the coast.
What part of speech is coastwards?
Coastwards is an adverb.

Words near coastwards in the dictionary

  1. coastside
  2. coastsides
  3. coastwaiter
  4. coastwaiters
  5. coastward
  6. coastwards
  7. coastwatcher
  8. coastwatchers
  9. coastwatching
  10. coastways
  11. coastwide

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