(adv.) Alt. of Backwards
(a.) Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.
(a.) Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.
(a.) Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension;
dull; inapt; as, a backward child.
(a.) Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.
(a.) Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the
country or region is in a backward state.
(a.) Already past or gone; bygone.
(n.) The state behind or past.
(v. i.) To keep back; to hinder.
