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Definition of Backward

1. Adjective. Directed or facing toward the back or rear. "A backward view"

2. Adverb. At or to or toward the back or rear. "She looked rearward out the window of the car"

3. Adjective. (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature. "A backward lover"

4. Adverb. In a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal. "The child put her jersey on backward"

5. Adjective. Retarded in intellectual development.

6. Adverb. In or to or toward a past time. "Lovers of the past looking fondly backward"

7. Adjective. Having made less than normal progress. "An economically backward country"

Definition of Backward

1. adv. With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward.

2. a. Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.

3. n. The state behind or past.

4. v. t. To keep back; to hinder.

Definition of Backward

1. toward the back [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Backward

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backup file backup man backup rate backveld backvelds backward (current term) backwardly backwardness backwardnesses backwards

backward and forward backward curvature backward heart failure backwash backwash backwashed backwashes backwashing backwash ileitis backwater

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