backward
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- a directed or facing toward the back or rear
a backward view - a (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
a backward lover - s retarded in intellectual development
- s having made less than normal progress
an economically backward country - r at or to or toward the back or rear
tripped when he stepped backward - r in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'
the child put her jersey on backward - r in or to or toward a past time
lovers of the past looking fondly backward
- On March 25, 1983, Michael Jackson took one small, backward step onto a television stage and one giant leap into dance-floor history.
- Among archaeologists, a step backward is a step forwardand last week a giant step backward was reported by British Digger James Mellaart, 31, assistant director of the British.
- The Chinese read backwards, and it doesn't seem to hurt their eyes.