With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward.
Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward.
On the back, or with the back downward. Thou wilt fall backward. Shak.
Toward, or in, past time or events; ago. Some reigns backward. Locke.
By way of reflection; reflexively. Sir J. Davies.
From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin. The work went backward. Dryden.
In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards. We might have . . . beat them backward home. Shak.
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