near, toward, or in the stern of a ship or the tail of an aircrafta flight attendant hurried sternward to attend to the disturbance
a flight attendant hurried sternward to attend to the disturbance
abaft, aft, astern
after, back, backward(or backwards), behind, posteriorly, rearward(also rearwards)
fore, forward
anteriorlyahead, before
in 1832
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