Vocabulary : Backward to Backwoodsmen
Backward : Alt. of Backwards ;; Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances. ;; Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath. ;; Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child. ;; Late or behindhand; as, a backward season. ;; Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state. ;; Already past or gone; bygone. ;; The state behind or past. ;; To keep back; to hinder.Backwardation : The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- also, the premium so paid. See Contango.
Backwardly : Reluctantly; slowly; aversely. ;; Perversely; ill.
Backwardness : The state of being backward.
Backwards : 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. ;; Toward, or in, past time or events; ago. ;; By way of reflection; reflexively. ;; From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin. ;; In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards.
