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backwardly

/ˈbækwɚdli/ adv

In a backward direction.

Word Origin Backwardly is simply 'backward' with the adverb suffix -ly. 'Backward' itself is a compound of 'back' and the directional suffix '-ward' (from Old English '-weard,' meaning 'in the direction of'). So backwardly means in a backward manner. The -ward family is huge: forward, toward, homeward, awkward (originally 'awk' meant 'turned the wrong way' + ward).

adv In a backward direction.

He stumbled backwardly and nearly fell off the stage.

(副词) 向后地

他向后踉跄了几步，差点从舞台上摔下来。

(adverbio) hacia atrás; atrás [En dirección hacia atrás.]

Tropezó hacia atrás y casi se cae del escenario.

(adverbe) en arrière; à reculons; vers l'arrière [En arrière, vers l'arrière.]

Il trébucha backwardly et faillit tomber de la scène.

(Adverb) rückwärts; rücklings [In rückwärtiger Richtung; nach hinten.]

Er stolperte **backwardly** und wäre fast von der Bühne gefallen.

(副詞) 後方に向かって、後ろの方向に。

彼は後ろによろめいて、危うくステージから落ちるところだった。

(advérbio) para trás; de costas; em sentido retrógrado [Em uma direção para trás.]

Ele tropeçou para trás e quase caiu do palco.

Synonyms: backwards rearward behind retrogressively contrariwise reversely Antonyms: forwardly onward ahead frontward

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