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adj. Directed or facing toward the back or rear.

adj. Done or arranged in a manner or order that is opposite to previous occurrence or normal use.

adj. Unwilling to act; reluctant; shy.

adj. Behind others in progress or development: The technology was backward, but the system worked.

ad. To or toward the back or rear.

ad. With the back leading.

ad. In a reverse manner or order.

ad. To, toward, or into the past.

ad. Toward a worse or less advanced condition.

adj. Pertaining to the direction towards the back.

adj. Pertaining to the direction reverse of normal.

adj. Reluctant or unable to advance.

adj. Of a culture considered undeveloped or unsophisticated.

adj. Pertaining to a thought or value that is considered outdated.

adj. On that part of the field behind the batsman's popping crease.

adj. Further behind the batsman's popping crease than something else.

ad. In the direction towards the back; backwards

ad. With the back in advance or foremost.

ad. Toward the back; toward the rear.

ad. On the back, or with the back downward.

ad. Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.

ad. By way of reflection; reflexively.

ad. From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin.

ad. In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily.

adj. Directed to the back or rear.

adj. Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.

adj. Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt.

adj. Late or behindhand.

adj. Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped.

adj. Already past or gone; bygone.

n. The state behind or past.

v. To keep back; to hinder.

In the direction of the back: as, to throw the arms backward.

With the back first in the direction of motion: as, to walk backward; to fall backward.

In the direction from which one has come; toward that which is or has been left behind: as, he glanced backward.

Toward bygone times or events; toward that which is past in time: as, to look backward to the last century.

In or by reflection; reflexively.

In time past; ago.

In an opposite or contrary direction.

In an opposite or reverse order; from the end toward the beginning; in an order contrary to the natural order: as, to read or spell backward; hence, perversely; in a wrong or perverse manner.

From a better to a worse state; retrogressively.

Directed to the back or rear: as, “a backward look,”

Reversed; returning; directed to or toward the original starting-point: as, a backward movement or journey.

Done in reverse order; done in an order contrary to the natural order, as in repeating a sentence from the end to the beginning.

Being in, or placed at, the back.

Slow; sluggish; unprogressive; unadvanced; behind in progress: as, a backward learner.

Late; behind in time; coming after something else, or after the usual time: as, backward fruits; the season is backward.

Holding back; averse; reluctant; hesitating.

Timid; bashful; retiring in disposition; modest.

Reaching back into the past; already past.

n. The things or state behind or past.

To obstruct; keep back; retard; delay.

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

adj. retarded in intellectual development

ad. in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal

adj. having made less than normal progress

ad. at or to or toward the back or rear

ad. in or to or toward a past time

adj. directed or facing toward the back or rear

"A human society can either fall backward or progress forward, but it cannot _progress backward_."

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forward    progressive    forwards   

backward and forward    to ring bells backward   

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ago    reflexively    contrarily    unwilling    averse    reluctant    hesitating    loath    dull    inapt   

upward    sideways    forward    sidewise    deft    outward    convulsive    frantic    abrupt    hasty