(như) backward

backwards and forwards

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Adv.

Rearwards or rearward, in reverse, regressively,retrogressively, backward; withershins or widdershins, Britanticlockwise, US counter-clockwise: The general, who refusedto acknowledge defeat, explained that his troops were advancingbackwards. Do the clocks run backwards in Australia, Daddy? 2in reverse; back to front: She can even ride sitting backwardson a galloping horse. I think youre wearing your pulloverbackwards.

Adv.

Away from one's front (lean backwards; look backwards).2 a with the back foremost (walk backwards). b in reverse ofthe usual way (count backwards; spell backwards).

A into aworse state (new policies are taking us backwards). b into thepast (looked backwards over the years). c (of a thing's motion)back towards the starting-point (rolled backwards).