'backward' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'backward' with 5 example sentences.
- backward adjective
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: retarded in intellectual development
: having made less than normal progress
: directed or facing toward the back or rear
: (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
- backward adverb
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: at or to or toward the back or rear
: in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
: in or to or toward a past time
Use a forward slash in the URL, not a backward slash.
All new consoles should be backward compatible.
He bent over backward to please his wife.
I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.
Social conditions are going backward rather than forward.