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sternward

[ sturn-werd ]

/ ˈstɜrn wərd /

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adverb

toward the stern; astern.

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Origin of sternward

First recorded in 1825–35; stern² + -ward

Words nearby sternward

sternson, sternum, sternutation, sternutator, sternutatory, sternward, sternwards, sternway, sternwheel, sternwheeler, steroid

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How to use sternward in a sentence

Half of the vessel sternward was devoid of air, but here in the bow we could last a little longer.
Wandl the Invader|Raymond King Cummings
In the end, when the afternoon was waxing late, the sternward vessel stood up so that every detail of her loomed plain.
Poor Man's Rock|Bertrand W. Sinclair
She was about four thousand tons, and her engines were sternward and not amidship.
The Million Dollar Mystery|Harold MacGrath
Gregory turned about to see the black waters to the sternward were rippled with sparkling threads of silver-white.
El Diablo|Brayton Norton

His eye was at once turned towards the water; and, like all men accustomed to the sea, was intuitively directed sternward.
The Ocean Waifs|Mayne Reid