We left the sinking ship in lifeboats and rowed coastward
adjective
2.
directed toward the coast
a coastward migration
Word origin
[1850–55; coast + -ward]This word is first recorded in the period 1850–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: ethylene, headhunting, proletariat, runoff, segue-ward is a native English suffix denoting spatial or temporal direction, as specified bythe initial element. Other words that use the affix -ward include: afterward, backward, seaward, toward