backwards

/ ˈbækwədz /

adverb

1. towards the rear

2. with the back foremost

3. in the reverse of usual order or direction

4. to or towards the past

5. into a worse state

   the patient was slipping backwards

6. towards the point of origin

7. informal,  to make a special effort, esp in order to please

8. informal,  to understand completely

Example Sentences

Mobile phone footage was also played to the court which showed one of the girls pull his glasses off his face, then one punched him and he fell backwards.

From BBC

But since a legal immigrant once saw a doctor, the press is expected to bend over backwards to adjudicate whether one is a liar just because one is lying about 99% of the story.

From Salon

So if “Peacemaker” viewers were puzzled as to how a backwards, murderous bigot like Earth Prime Auggie could manifest as a doting father and an affluent man in a nearly identical world, now we know.

From Salon

He was "vocal and abusive" as police tried to move the crowd backwards.

From BBC

Schwarzenegger, who backed Munger’s earlier good governance efforts, is appearing in an ad for the group, in which he says that politicians want to “take us backwards.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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