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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Backward \Back"ward\, Backwards \Back"wards\, adv. [Back, adv. +
     -ward.]
     1. With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride
        backward.
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     2. Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms
        backward.
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     3. On the back, or with the back downward.
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              Thou wilt fall backward.              --Shak.
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     4. Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.
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              Some reigns backward.                 --Locke.
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     5. By way of reflection; reflexively. --Sir J. Davies.
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     6. From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame,
        from religion to sin.
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              The work went backward.               --Dryden.
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     7. In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction;
        contrarily; as, to read backwards.
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              We might have . . . beat them backward home. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  backwards
       adv 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" [syn: {back}, {backward},
               {rearward}, {rearwards}] [ant: {forward}]
       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" [syn: {backward}]

















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