Backward

Backward - Other Definitions

• (adv.) Alt. of Backwards
  
  
• (a.) Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.
  
  
• (a.) Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.
  
  
• (a.) Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child.
  
  
• (a.) Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.
  
  
• (a.) Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state.
  
  
• (a.) Already past or gone; bygone.
  
  
• (n.) The state behind or past.
  
  
• (v. i.) To keep back; to hinder.
  
  
• (adv.) Reluctantly; slowly; aversely.
  
  
• (adv.) Perversely; ill.