landward

landward
/land"weuhrd/, adv.
1. Also, landwards. toward the land or interior.
adj.
2. lying, facing, or tending toward the land or away from the coast.
3. being in the direction of the land: a landward breeze.
[1375-1425; late ME; see LAND, -WARD]

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