backwards

adj
/ˈbækwɜːdz/UK/ˈbækwɜɹdz/US

Etymology

From Middle English bakwardis, bakwardis, a variant of Middle English bakwarde, bakward (“backward”). Equivalent to backward + -s. Compare Saterland Frisian bäkove (“backwards”).

  1. inherited from bakwardis

Definitions

  1. Synonym of backward

    Synonym of backward; see usage notes there.

  2. third-person singular simple present indicative of backward

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for backwards. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA