landward /ˈlændwɚd/adjective 2adverb 1noun 1 adjective2 •Located, facing or moving in the direction of the land, as opposed to the sea.Ninefold deep to the top of the dykes the galloping breakers stride, And their overcarried spray is a sea—a sea on the landward side. — 1903 •(Scotland) Of the country as opposed to the city, rural; agricultural.Hence we may see the weakness and absurdity of that kind of jealousy and aversion which seems to subsist between the landward and manufacturing classes of people. — 1790 adverb1 •Toward the land.The seamen furl the canvas, strike the mast, Then dip their nimble oars, and landward haste. — 1718 noun1 •The side facing land.He sailed along, still northward, day after day; several important people joined him; but the news from landward grew daily more ominous […] — 1875
