backward
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backward (comparativo more backward, superlativo most backward)
- volto all'indietro, retrogrado
- (senso figurato) retrivo
- arretrato, sottosviluppato
- dai costumi semplici, poco sofisticato, alla buona
- ritardatario
- (obsoleto) tardo di mente, ritardato
backward
- (principalmente US) all'indietro
Dal medio inglese abakward, equivalente dell'unione di back e -ward
- (senso 1) retrograde
- (senso 2) antiquated, outdated
- (senso 3) undeveloped
- (senso 4) unsophisticated
- (senso 5) late, overdue, tardy
- (senso 6) retarded
- (senso 1) forward
- (senso 2) progressive
- (senso 3) developed
- (senso 4) sophisticated
- (senso 5) timely
- (avverbio) backwards
- WordReference.com, Versione on-line Inglese-Italiano
- Il Sansoni, Inglese edizione on-line da "www.corriere.it"
- Dictionary.com, lemma backward
- Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Dictionary versione on-line
- The Free Dictionary, edizione online
- Merriam-Webster, Versione on-line
- Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary