"waterward" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From water + -ward.",
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    {
      "form": "more waterward",
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        "comparative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "most waterward",
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        "superlative"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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          "ref": "1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:",
          "text": "I now by instinct followed the streets that took me waterward, for there, doubtless, were the cheapest, if not the cheeriest inns.",
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        "Towards the water."
      ],
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        [
          "water",
          "water"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɔːtəwəd/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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  ],
  "word": "waterward"
}

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  "etymology_text": "From water + -ward.",
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    {
      "form": "more waterward",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most waterward",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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          "ref": "1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:",
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      ],
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        "Towards the water."
      ],
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          "water",
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