See backward.

adjective. Oriented toward the back.

adjective. Reversed.

adjective. Behind current trends or technology.

adjective. Clumsy, inept, or inefficient.

adverb. Toward the back.

adverb. In the opposite direction of usual.

adverb. In a manner such that the back precedes the front.

adverb. at or to or toward the back or rear

adverb. in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal

"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.'"

backwards and forwards  

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