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backwards::adverb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | backward |
Examples of backwards
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Countries like Pakistan, Australia and England have gone backwards in the sport.
From the telegraph.co.uk
With Mercury moving backwards through your horoscope, nothing can be overlooked.
From the mirror.co.uk
Then push backwards to the starting position, which needs quite a strong thrust.
From the mirror.co.uk
Choose from two tracks to ride, one that faces forward, and the other backwards.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Our country was prospering and not this backwards, terrorist nation it is today.
From the economist.com
It can dive, surface, turn left and right or drive forwards and drive backwards.
From the techcrunch.com
She described how her left foot slipped and she lost balance, falling backwards.
From the guardian.co.uk
But, frankly, the movie falls over backwards to show capitalism in a good light.
From the economist.com
I'm sure if it is the rest of the country, then the galloping must be backwards.
From the economist.com
- 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"
- Backward: 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"
- (backward) (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover"
- (backward) retarded in intellectual development
- (backward) having made less than normal progress; "an economically backward country"
- Backwards is the fourth Red Dwarf novel. It is set on the fictional backwards universe version of Earth.
- "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. ...
- 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. ...
- Oriented toward the back; Reversed; Behind current trends or technology; Clumsy, inept, or inefficient; Toward the back; In the opposite direction of usual; In a manner such that the back precedes the front
