sternwards

sternward

/ (ˈstɜːnwədz) /

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adverb

nautical towards the stern; astern

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Words nearby sternwards

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

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How to use sternwards in a sentence

Nevertheless they could always discern from it that their course, whether stemwards or sternwards, was steadily south.
The Well-Beloved|Thomas Hardy
Afterwards it is projected sternwards from the jets with a velocity v relatively to the ship, or v − V relatively to the earth.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 1|Various
Rozenoffski grasped at it desperately, but it eluded him, and then descending sailed sternwards.
Ghetto Comedies|Israel Zangwill
Aback—Said of a sail when the wind blows on the back or wrong side of it and forces the boat sternwards.
On Yacht Sailing|Thomas Fleming Day

You glance over the side of the hull, and see that the ground has begun to race away sternwards.
The Aeroplane|Claude Grahame-White and Harry Harper