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backward::adverb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | backwards |
it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'.
the child put her jersey on backward.
backward::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | feebleminded, half-witted, slow-witted |
| Derivation | backwardness |
backward::adverb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | back |
lovers of the past looking fondly backward.
backward::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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a backward view.
backward::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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an economically backward country.
backward::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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a backward lover.
Examples of backward
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Schramm said sanctuary officials have bent over backward to accommodate surfers.
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After the show, Guthoff was sporting a backward aqua baseball cap from Goodwill.
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This is surely a step backward in the long history of social progress in Europe.
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Authorities have worked backward on prior applicants to run fingerprint matches.
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They were driven backward on third-and-1 on their first possession, for example.
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Nicholson's part is at once minuscule and a giant trip backward from Easy Rider.
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Coach Dana Altman wants to make sure that his team doesn't take a step backward.
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He's best at skating forward but has trouble skating backward, so he never does.
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The study appears to use straight-line analysis backward from the date of death.
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- Back: at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"
- In a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal; "it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'"; "the child put her jersey on backward"
- (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover"
- Retarded in intellectual development
- Having made less than normal progress; "an economically backward country"
- (Backwards (Red Dwarf)) "Backwards" is the first episode of science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf Series III, and the thirteenth in the series run. It premiered on the British television channel BBC2 on 14 November 1989. ...
- (Backwards (song)) Me and My Gang is the fourth studio album from the American country music group Rascal Flatts. It was released on April 4, 2006. The album sold more than 722,000 units and went double platinum in the first month of release. ...
- Pertaining to the direction towards the back; Pertaining to the direction reverse of normal; Reluctant or unable to advance; Of a culture considered undeveloped or unsophisticated; Pertaining to a thought or value that is considered outdated; On that part of the field behind the batsman's ...
- (backwardly) In a backward direction
