backward
adverb Also back·wards.
adjective
Origin of backward
Synonyms for backward
Antonyms for backward
Examples from the Web for backwards
Contemporary Examples of backwards
Since bandwidth has become reasonable, paying extra for it feels like a backwards move.
Porn Fights For Your Right to Surf: Pornhub, YouPorn, and Redtube Lead Charge For Net NeutralityAurora Snow
September 13, 2014
In the search for an alternative, both writers looked not forward, but backwards.
Speaking up about this backwards philosophy is actually how she got the gig.
Who’s That ‘Bum’ Girl? The Brit Telling Americans How To Wipe Their AssesSara Lieberman
June 16, 2014
People are jumping forwards and backwards, and the results are haunting and moving.The making-of-the-video is worth a watch.
Kerry responded that Peres had it backwards: this was a matter of the parties' agency.
Historical Examples of backwards
Up and down, backwards and forwards, inside and out, and all hands around.
A Woman TenderfootGrace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
There are three ways of doing this, forwards, backwards, and sideways.
OrchesographyJohn Weaver
Steps which move forwards or backwards, shall be taken to be in the fourth Position.
OrchesographyJohn Weaver
He knew them, he would have informed you, backwards and forwards.
The Innocent AdventuressMary Hastings Bradley
And unless we secure it, there will be only a march backwards.
Another SheafJohn Galsworthy