Synonym: back, backward, rearward, rearwards. Similar words: backwards and forwards, backward, backwash, backwater, awkward, awkwardly, awkwardness, towards. Meaning: [b'ækwədz] 
adv. 1. at or to or toward the back or rear 2. in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal.
adv. 1. at or to or toward the back or rear 2. in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal. 
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151. Father Luke pedalled backwards in the direction of Whitechapel's parish church and fell over the barrow.
152. He was supposed to be the leader in this assignment, but how could a man lead going backwards?
153. She brought her nose up to my hand, then leapt backwards,(http://sentencedict.com/backwards.html) opened her mouth and tried to vomit.
154. He dipped her, catching her by surprise, letting her drop backwards.
155. She jumped backwards and forwards in her narrative, creating considerable confusion in Dougal's mind.
156. But to no avail; his ears would only come forward momentarily, and would then return to the backwards position again.
157. It didn't exactly touch my hand, but sort of glided over it, wrinkling backwards and forwards.
158. The old man wobbled and stumbled backwards, wagging his head as if he were trying to shake something out of it.
159. So I push him backwards into the mountain of stinking rubbish, and he sinks down on it.
160. As before, the essential trick is working backwards and writing forwards.
161. The point of an ending is for the conclusion to look backwards, not to carry the argument backwards.
162. With a loud protest, Gao Ma took three or four rocky steps backwards, trying to keep his balance.
163. He made his way to bed, going backwards up the stairs, making use of his arms and one good leg.
164. A cook from the kitchens took one in the eye and stumbled backwards with his hands pressed to his temples.
165. They saw Jekub roll backwards, change gear with a roar, and attack the truck again.
166. She tried to blink the red mist from her eyes, failed, and toppled backwards out of the image field.
167. He may practise selective pelvic movements, in which he isolates the actions of tilting the pelvis backwards, towards and sideways.
168. Stuart was leaning over backwards to see Oliver's point of view.
169. The same device, run backwards, reacts hydrogen and oxygen together to make water and generate electrical power.
170. Recession, therefore, has the unfortunate and cumulative effect of working backwards.
171. Duvall lashed backwards, but Jimmy had leapt to his feet, colliding with one of the hessian screens.
172. To solve this problem, the synapses are run backwards so you can tell how strongly that particular synapse is connected.
173. Dinosaur shoulder blades had concave sockets facing downwards and backwards.
174. Therefore in daily training it is customary for each exercise to be performed to the left and right, forwards and backwards.
175. With a gasp Chantal staggered backwards, reaching for the chair back to steady herself.
176. Polly caught her breath, instinctively jerking backwards away from him.
177. By undulating this, it drives itself forwards - or, with equal ease, backwards.
178. They also needed to stop rationalizing the problem to themselves and bending over backwards to be fair.
179. He had tried starting in the middle and working backwards.
180. Pike's head quite often pulses backwards and forwards like a mechanical toy.
More similar words: backwards and forwards, backward, backwash, backwater, awkward, awkwardly, awkwardness, towards, inwards, downwards, afterwards, tend towards, backyard, backboard, back-to-back, back to back, backpack, regards, innards, hardship, on the cards, as regards, yardstick, house of cards, deck of cards, back, aback, living standards, graveyard shift, go back.