AskDefine | Define landwards

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landwards adv : toward land; "landward, miles of rough grass marshes melt into low uplands" [syn: landward]

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Adverb

  1. Towards land. Opposite of seawards.
    We sailed landwards, hoping to get to shelter of the cove before the storm hit.
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