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Backward

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pertaining to the direction towards the back

backward(adj)

directed or facing toward the back or rear

"a backward view"

backward(adj)

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

"a backward lover"

backward, half-witted, slow-witted, feebleminded(adj)

retarded in intellectual development

backward(adverb)

having made less than normal progress

"an economically backward country"

back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards(adverb)

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, backwards(adverb)

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"

back, backward(adverb)

in or to or toward a past time

"set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"

directed, turned, or done toward the back

a backward turn on ice skates is hard to learn because you can't see where you're going

not comfortable around people

curiously, the quiet, backward man opened up when around other introverts

toward the rear

looking backward, we could see the town receding in the distance

toward the opposite direction

the loud noise prompted him to glance backward to see what was happening

He bent over backward to please his wife.

Tom glanced backward over his shoulder and waved goodbye.

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extroverted extraverted immodest outgoing ahead along forth forward forwards on onward onwards

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