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Backward

Backward (backward)
adv.((?))
Back"ward
[Back, adv. + -ward.]
  1. With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward.
  2. Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward.
  3. On the back, or with the back downward.

    Thou wilt fall backward.
    Shak.

  4. Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.

    Some reigns backward.
    Locke.

  5. By way of reflection; reflexively.
    Sir J. Davies.
  6. From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin.

    The work went backward.
    Dryden.

  7. In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards.

    We might have . . . beat them backward home.
    Shak.

Backward

Backward (backward)
a.
Back"ward
  1. Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.
  2. Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.

    For wiser brutes were backward to be slaves.
    Pope.

  3. Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child.
    "The backward learner." South.
  4. Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.
  5. Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state.
  6. Already past or gone; bygone.
    [R.]

    And flies unconscious o'er each backward year.
    Byron.

Backward

Backward (backward)
n.
Back"ward
  1. The state behind or past.
    [Obs.]

    In the dark backward and abysm of time.
    Shak.

Backward

Backward (backward)
v. t.
Back"ward
  1. To keep back; to hinder.
    [Obs.]












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