adverb Also, back·wards. 1.toward the back or rear.
2.with the back foremost.
3.in the reverse of the usual or right way: counting backward from 100.
4.toward the past: to look backward over one's earlier mistakes.
5.toward a less advanced state; retrogressively: Since the overthrow of the president the country has moved steadily backward.
adjective 6.directed toward the back or past.
7.reversed; returning:
a backward movement; a backward journey. 8.behind in time or progress; late; slow: a backward learner; a backward country.
9.bashful or hesitant; shy: a backward lover.
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Idiom10.backward and forward, thoroughly: He knew his lesson backward and forward. Also, backwards and forwards.
Origin: 1250–1300; Middle English bakwarde. See back1, -ward Related formsback·ward·ly, adverb
back·ward·ness, noun
un·back·ward, adjective
Synonyms
8. tardy; retarded, underdeveloped. 9. disinclined; timid, retiring.
Antonyms
1. forward.