backward
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(a) directed or facing toward the back or rear
- a backward view
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(r) 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
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(r) 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
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(a) (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
- a backward lover
- (s) retarded in intellectual development feebleminded, half-witted, slow-witted,
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(r) in or to or toward a past time
- set the clocks back an hour
- never look back
- lovers of the past looking fondly backward
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(s) having made less than normal progress
- an economically backward country