Definition of "backwards" []

• Oriented toward the back. (adjective)
• Reversed. (adjective)
• Behind current trends or technology. (adjective)
• Clumsy, inept, or inefficient. (adjective)
• Toward the back. (adverb)

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• "He is to skip three times while repeating thrice the following sentence, and after repeating three times forwards and backwards: thus (_forwards_) -- 'Fear and dread shall fall upon them by the greatness of thine arm; they shall be as still as a stone'; thus (_backwards_) -- 'Still as a stone may they be; by the greatness of thine arm may fear and dread fall on them'; he then is to say to his neighbour three times, 'Peace be unto you,' and the neighbour is to respond three times, 'Unto you be peace.'"
• "'' We are definitely going in backwards from the way we wanted to, '' said Romo, who was 23-of-32 for 321 yards with two touchdowns."
• "Amabo Kcarab!!! you say his name backwards and it opens a portal which sucks american jobs into oblivion"