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backward

/'bækwərd/

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adverb
in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
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"it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'" "the child put her jersey on backward"

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backwards
adjective
retarded in intellectual development
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feebleminded half-witted slow-witted retarded
adverb
in or to or toward a past time
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"lovers of the past looking fondly backward"

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back

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forward
adverb
at or to or toward the back or rear
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"tripped when he stepped backward"

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back backwards rearward rearwards

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forward
adjective
directed or facing toward the back or rear
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"a backward view"

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transposed backswept sweptback self-referent cacuminal converse inverse rearward receding reflexive regardant reversive retracted retral retroflex retroflexed retrograde returning reverse reversed

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forward
adjective
having made less than normal progress
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"an economically backward country"

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undynamic adynamic
adjective
(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
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"a backward lover"

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blate bashful

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forward

Usage of backward

"archaism"
"archaicism"