astern
📖 Definitions
adverb, adjective
1. At the rear of a ship or another vessel.
2. In a reverse direction.
3. Backward.
💬 Usage Examples
“He kept staring astern , and now I saw he wasn’t looking at the line, he was gazing much farther back, to the horizon.” Grant Sutherland; The Consignment; Bantam; 2003.