Definition of backward

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Backward (a.) Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.

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Backwardness :: Backwardness (n.) The state of being backward.
Breechblock :: Breechblock (n.) The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired..
Backhanded :: Backhanded (a.) With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow..
Aversely :: Aversely (adv.) Backward; in a backward direction; as, emitted aversely..
Retrograde :: Retrograde (a.) Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet..
Aback :: Aback (adv.) Toward the back or rear; backward.
Behind :: Behind (adv.) Backward in time or order of succession; past.
Retrospective :: Retrospective (a.) Looking backward; contemplating things past; -- opposed to prospective; as, a retrospective view..
Reclinant :: Reclinant (a.) Bending or leaning backward.
Backward :: Backward (a.) Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child..
Backwardly :: Backwardly (adv.) Reluctantly; slowly; aversely.
Cursor :: Cursor (n.) Any part of a mathematical instrument that moves or slides backward and forward upon another part.
Backward :: Backward (a.) Already past or gone; bygone.
Shuttle :: Shuttle (v. i.) To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle..
Postclavicle :: Postclavicle (n.) A bone in the pectoral girdle of many fishes projecting backward from the clavicle.
Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) On the back, or with the back downward..
Opisthotonos :: Opisthotonos (n.) A tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened.
Oscillation :: Oscillation (n.) The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and forward, like a pendulum; vibration..
Backward :: Backward (n.) The state behind or past.
Restem :: Restem (v. t.) To force back against the current; as, to restem their backward course..
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