Stern′fore″most′ (?), adv. With the stern, instead of the bow, in advance; hence, figuratively, in an awkward, blundering manner.
A fatal genius for going sternforemost. Lowell.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.