Backwards



ENGLISH MEANING
adverb
1.
With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward.
2.
Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward.
3.
On the back, or with the back downward.
4.
Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.
5.
By way of reflection; reflexively.
6.
From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin.
7.
In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards.