backwards

1. adv. With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward. Source: opted

2. adv. Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward. Source: opted

3. adv. On the back, or with the back downward. Source: opted

4. adv. Toward, or in, past time or events; ago. Source: opted

5. adv. By way of reflection; reflexively. Source: opted

6. adv. From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin. Source: opted

7. adv. In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards. Source: opted

8. adv. at or to or toward the back or rear Source: wordnet

9. adv. in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal Source: wordnet

10. 1. With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward. 2. Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward. 3. On the back, or with the back downward. Thou wilt fall backward. Shak. 4. Toward, or in, past time or events; ago. Some reigns backward. Locke. 5. By way of reflection; reflexively. Sir J. Davies. 6. From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin. The work went backward. Dryden. 7. In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards. We might have . . . beat them backward home. Shak. Source: webster

11. r:100 r at or to or toward the back or rear r in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal Source: ecdict

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