abaft

πŸ“– Definitions

adverb

Toward the rear or stern.

preposition

Behind.

πŸ’¬ Usage Examples

β€œThe Irish sense of home place is almost a clinically identifiable organ, abaft the gizzard and above the spleen.” Kevin Myers; Mailmen and Google Earth Already Deliver What Postcodes Can’t; Sunday Times (London, UK); Aug 2, 2015.
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