Definition of backward

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Backward (a.) Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child..

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Caudad :: Caudad (adv.) Backwards; toward the tail or posterior part.
Retrogressive :: Retrogressive (a.) Tending to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining from a better to a worse state.
Regardant :: Regardant (v. t.) Looking behind; looking backward watchfully.
Refracted :: Refracted (a.) Bent backward angularly, as if half-broken; as, a refracted stem or leaf..
Reaction :: Reaction (n.) Backward tendency or movement after revolution, reform, or great progress in any direction..
Backward :: Backward (adv.) Alt. of Backward.
Reflexive :: Reflexive (a.) Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.
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..
Slip :: Slip (n.) The motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller..
Metacromion :: Metacromion (n.) A process projecting backward and downward from the acromion of the scapula of some mammals.
Forwards :: Forwards (adv.) Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in advance; progressively; -- opposed to backward.
Palindrome :: Palindrome (n.) A word, verse, or sentence, that is the same when read backward or forward; as, madam; Hannah; or Lewd did I live, & evil I did dwel..
Kick :: Kick (v. i.) To thrust out the foot or feet with violence; to strike out with the foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike backward, as a horse does, or to have a habit of doing so. Hence, figuratively: To show ugly resistance, opposition, or hostility; to spurn..
Strange :: Strange (superl.) Backward; slow.
Inversion :: Inversion (n.) The act of inverting, or turning over or backward, or the state of being inverted..
Retrograde :: Retrograde (v. i.) To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet..
Retrogression :: Retrogression (n.) The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation..
Retromingent :: Retromingent (a.) Organized so as to discharge the urine backward.
Backwardly :: Backwardly (adv.) Reluctantly; slowly; aversely.
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