seaward

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

seaward
    adv 1: in the direction of the sea; "the sailor looked seaward"
           [syn: {seaward}, {seawards}, {asea}]
    adj 1: (of winds) coming from the land; "offshore winds" [syn:
           {offshore}, {seaward}] [ant: {inshore}, {onshore},
           {seaward}, {shoreward}]
    2: (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land; "an inshore
       breeze"; "an onshore gale"; "sheltered from seaward winds"
       [syn: {inshore}, {onshore}, {seaward}, {shoreward}] [ant:
       {offshore}, {seaward}]
    3: directed or situated away from inland regions and toward the
       sea or coast; "from the hill he took a seaward course"; "on
       the seaward side of the road"
    n 1: the direction toward the sea

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Seaward \Sea"ward\, a.
   Directed or situated toward the sea. --Donne.
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         Two still clouds . . . sparkled on their seaward edges
         like a frosted fleece.                   --G. W. Cable.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Seaward \Sea"ward\, adv.
   Toward the sea. --Drayton.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

20 Moby Thesaurus words for "seaward":
      anticlockwise, clockwise, counterclockwise, earthward, heavenward,
      homeward, in blue water, landward, leeward, leftward, oceanward,
      oceanwards, off, off soundings, offshore, out of soundings,
      rightward, seawards, widdershins, windward