ˈcoastways,adv. [see -ways.] = next. 1701in Picton L'pool Munic.Rec. (1883) I. 309 Ships..coming coastwayes.1796Morse Amer.Geog. II. 498 Junks..and other small ships, that trade coast-ways.1832Southey Hist.Penins. War III. 30 The supplies which they received coastways.