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directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view" backswept, cacuminal, converse, inverse, negative, rearward, receding(a), reflexive, retracted, retral, retroflex, returning(a), regardant(ip) (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover" bashful retarded in intellectual development retarded 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" in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward" 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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