Definition of backward

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Backward (a.) Late or behindhand; as, a backward season..

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Retrograde :: Retrograde (a.) Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; -- opposed to progressive..
Replicated :: Replicated (a.) Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself; as, a replicate leaf or petal; a replicate margin of a shell..
Reciprocornous :: Reciprocornous (a.) Having horns turning backward and then forward, like those of a ram..
Backward :: Backward (a.) Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances..
Lapsed :: Lapsed (a.) Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to figurative uses..
Behind :: Behind (adv.) Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind..
Backwardly :: Backwardly (adv.) Reluctantly; slowly; aversely.
Reredemain :: Reredemain (n.) A backward stroke.
Heterodactylous :: Heterodactylous (a.) Having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons..
Retrospective :: Retrospective (a.) Looking backward; contemplating things past; -- opposed to prospective; as, a retrospective view..
Backward :: Backward (a.) Late or behindhand; as, a backward season..
Backward :: Backward (a.) Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state..
Reaction :: Reaction (n.) Backward tendency or movement after revolution, reform, or great progress in any direction..
Wash :: Wash (n.) The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc..
Backward :: Backward (a.) Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child..
Since :: Since (adv.) In the time past, counting backward from the present; before this or now; ago..
Reserve :: Reserve (n.) Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.
Arrear :: Arrear (adv.) To or in the rear; behind; backwards.
Backing :: Backing (n.) The act of moving backward, or of putting or moving anything backward..
Seesaw :: Seesaw (v. t.) To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.
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