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Backward :: Backward (adv.) Alt. of Backward.

Backward :: Backward (a.) Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances..

Backward :: Backward (a.) Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.

Backward :: Backward (a.) Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child..

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..

Backward :: Backward (a.) Already past or gone; bygone.

Backward :: Backward (n.) The state behind or past.

Backward :: Backward (v. i.) To keep back; to hinder.

Backwardation :: 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 :: Backwardly (adv.) Reluctantly; slowly; aversely.

Backwardly :: Backwardly (adv.) Perversely; ill.

Backwardness :: Backwardness (n.) The state of being backward.

Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward..

Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward..

Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) On the back, or with the back downward..

Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) Toward, or in, past time or events; ago..

Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) By way of reflection; reflexively.

Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin..

Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards..

Backwash :: Backwash (v. i.) To clean the oil from (wood) after combing.

Backwater :: Backwater (n.) Water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current , or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer or river channel, or across a river bar..

Backwater :: Backwater (n.) An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction..

Backwater :: Backwater (n.) Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer..