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backward::adverb | Spocien Dictionary

backward

/'bækwərd/

in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal

Type	Words
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

backward

/'bækwərd/

retarded in intellectual development

Type	Words
Synonyms	feebleminded, half-witted, slow-witted
Derivation	backwardness

backward::adverb | Spocien Dictionary

backward

/'bækwərd/

in or to or toward a past time

Type	Words
Synonyms	back

lovers of the past looking fondly backward.

backward::adverb | Spocien Dictionary

backward

/'bækwərd/

at or to or toward the back or rear

Type	Words
Synonyms	back, backwards, rearward, rearwards

tripped when he stepped backward.

backward::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

backward

/'bækwərd/

directed or facing toward the back or rear

Type	Words

a backward view.

backward::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

backward

/'bækwərd/

having made less than normal progress

Type	Words

an economically backward country.

backward::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

backward

/'bækwərd/

(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature

Type	Words

a backward lover.