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backward

adverbadjective /bækwərd/ 2 syllables 8 letters Scrabble 20 WWF 22
Definitions
adverb

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'”

adjective

retarded in intellectual development

adverb

in or to or toward a past time

“lovers of the past looking fondly backward”

adverb

at or to or toward the back or rear

“tripped when he stepped backward”

adjective

directed or facing toward the back or rear

“a backward view”

adjective

having made less than normal progress

“an economically backward country”

adjective

marked by a retiring nature

“a backward lover”

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