backward

Adjective
1. directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view"
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2. (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover"
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3. retarded in intellectual development
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Adverb
1. at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"
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2. 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"
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3. in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"
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