
1) Awkwardly 2) With difficulty 3) With the stern foremost
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• (adv.) With the stern, instead of the bow, in advance; hence, figuratively, in an awkward, blundering manner.
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Stern`fore'most` adverb With the stern, instead of the bow, in advance; hence, figuratively, in an awkward, blundering manner. « A fatal genius for going
sternforemost .»
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with the stern foremost. · awkwardly; with difficulty.
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