backward

backward is an   Adverb

Definition:

[1] Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.

[2] Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath. For wiser brutes were backward to be slaves. Pope.

[3] Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child. "The backward learner." South.

[4] Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.

[5] Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state.

[6] Already past or gone; bygone. [R.] And flies unconscious o`er each backward year. Byron.

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