Backward(a.) Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.
Backward(a.) Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.
Backward(a.) Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child.
Backward(a.) Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.
Backward(a.) Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state.
Backward(a.) Already past or gone; bygone.
Backward(adv.) Alt. of Backwards
Backward(n.) The state behind or past.
Backward(v. i.) To keep back; to hinder.
Backwardation(n.) The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- also, the premium so paid. See Contango.
Backwardly(adv.) Reluctantly; slowly; aversely.
Backwardly(adv.) Perversely; ill.
Backwardness(n.) The state of being backward.
Backwards(adv.) With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward.
Backwards(adv.) Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward.
Backwards(adv.) On the back, or with the back downward.
Backwards(adv.) Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.
Backwards(adv.) By way of reflection; reflexively.
Backwards(adv.) From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin.
Backwards(adv.) In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards.
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