backward (
http://definr.com/backward)
adj 1: directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward
view" [ant:
forward]
2: (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring
nature; "a backward lover" [ant:
forward]
3: retarded in intellectual development [syn:
feebleminded]
adv 1: at or to or toward or the back or rear; "he moved back";
"tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked
rearward out the window of the car" [syn:
back,
backwards,
rearward,
rearwards] [ant:
forward]
2: in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal;
"it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words
like `seize' and `siege'"; "the child put her jersey on
backward" [syn:
backwards]
3: in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an
hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking
fondly backward" [syn:
back] [ant:
ahead,
ahead]