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Backward

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Definitions for Backward

adjective
directed or facing toward the back or rear
Examples
  1. a backward view
adjective
(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
Examples
  1. a backward lover
adjective
retarded in intellectual development
Synonyms
half-witted slow-witted feebleminded
adjective
having made less than normal progress
Examples
  1. an economically backward country
adverb
at or to or toward the back or rear
Synonyms
back backwards rearward rearwards
Examples
  1. he moved back
  2. tripped when he stepped backward
  3. she looked rearward out the window of the car
adverb
in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
Synonyms
backwards
Examples
  1. it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'
  2. the child put her jersey on backward
adverb
in or to or toward a past time
Synonyms
back
Examples
  1. set the clocks back an hour
  2. never look back
  3. lovers of the past looking fondly backward

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