backward in Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ
backward in Kashmiri कॉशुर
backward in Sindhi سنڌي
backward in English
- backward⇄adj. 1. directed toward the back.
Ex. She gave him a backward look over her shoulder.
(SYN) rearward.
2. with the back first.
Ex. a backward fall off a ladder.
3. directed to or toward the starting point; returning.backward⇄adv. backwardly.backward⇄adv. 1. toward the back.
Ex. He walked backward.
2. with the back first.
Ex. He tumbled over backward.
3. toward the starting point.
Ex. to look backward.
4. opposite to the usual way.
Ex. Can you read backwarbackward⇄backward, adverb, adjective.backward⇄expr. backward and forward, perfectly; completely.
Ex. I hope that from here on the Julliard Opera Theatre will concentrate on works that are less familiar, offering the public a taste of what it does not already know backward and forward (Winthropbackward⇄expr. bend, fall, or lean over backward, (Informal.) to make every effort to be accommodating.
Ex. Companies whose business is ... closely interwoven with the military establishment ought to lean over backward so that no suggestion of favoritismbackward⇄noun backwardness.