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Aftward

Aftward \Aft"ward\, adv. (Naut.) Toward the stern. [1913 Webster] ||

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aftward

adv. (context nautical English) Toward the stern.

Usage examples of "aftward".

Covu ordered all Necromongers except Oltovm to turn their backs as approach was made, and that forever established how a Necromonger vessel nears the open Threshold: aftward first.

But remember that when the ship is under acceleration, there will be a tendency to favor the aftward direction due to deflection.

Archer thought as he glanced aftward, where Malcolm stood by watching.

He looked aftward as he spoke, and saw that the other MACOs seemed to be utterly absorbed in some other tale of MACO derring-do.

The vernier rockets firmly turned the spacecraft aftward to the surface.