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backwardly

adv
/ˈbækwɚdli/US/ˈbækwədliː/UK

Etymology

From backward + -ly.

  1. inherited from bakwarde
  2. suffixed as backwardly — “backward + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a backward direction.

    • 1552, Richard Huloet, Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bowed backwardlye, recuruue.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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