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Webster 1913 Edition
Backward
Back′ward
,Adj.
1.
Directed to the back or rear;
as,
. backward
glances2.
Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.
For wiser brutes were
backward
to be slaves. Pope.
3.
Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt;
“The backward learner.” as, a
. backward
childSouth.
4.
Late or behindhand;
as, a
. backward
season5.
Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped;
as, the country or region is in a
. backward
state6.
Already past or gone; bygone.
[R.]
And flies unconscious o’er each
backward
year. Byron.
Back′ward
,Noun.
The state behind or past.
[Obs.]
In the dark
backward
and abysm of time. Shakespeare
Back′ward
,Verb.
T.
To keep back; to hinder.
[Obs.]