[
US
/ˈbækwɝd/
]
[ UK /bˈækwəd/ ]
[ UK /bˈækwəd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- retarded in intellectual development
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having made less than normal progress
an economically backward country -
directed or facing toward the back or rear
a backward view -
(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
a backward lover
ADVERB
-
in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
the child put her jersey on backward
it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege' -
in or to or toward a past time
set the clocks back an hour
never look back
lovers of the past looking fondly backward -
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
How To Use backward In A Sentence
- Lift your feet a few inches off the floor and slowly rock backwards and forwards. Healthy By Nature
- I have found that a tool guided by a straight-edge, and "jiggered" backwards and forwards, makes by far the best lines for blind-tool work. Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians
- He wears his cap backwards and spits rhymes with fierce energy and unbridled theatrics. The Harvard Crimson :: News
- What about the other evidence about him in the toilet pacing backwards and forwards, with expletives and asking everyone who came in for a line of drugs - speed?
- Every single one of his intended blows was blocked and parried, even when the man tripped and fell backwards.
- Let's remember, for example, how much talk there was during the early 1970s when Olga Korbut performed the backward somersault in tuck position on the beam.
- Given the extremely backward state of Polish agriculture, its small farming businesses are expected to die like flies.
- Honsha carries are a sword with a snaky curved blade and a short dagger - like weapon with a slightly longer hilt and a blade curved backwards.
- Enemies struck by gunfire don't just fall over backwards; they jet blood like the lawn sprinkler in Hell, then collapse into a heap.
- The authors conclude that spondylolysis is mainly the fatigue fracture due to locally increased stress and is contributing most by backward extension of lumbar spine.