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語源 1

From backward +‎ -s. See also -s (“used in the formation of certain adverbs: backwards, downwards, inwards, etc.”).

形容詞

backwards (comparative more backwards, superlative most backwards)

1. Synonym of backward; see usage notes there.

派生語

• ass-backwards
• backwards-compatible
• backwards compatibility
• backwardsness

語源 2

From 中期英語 bakwardis, bakwardis, a variant of 中期英語 bakwarde, bakward (“backward”). Equivalent to backward +‎ -s. Compare Saterland Frisian bäkove (“backwards”).

副詞

backwards (comparative more backwards, superlative most backwards)

1. Synonym of backward; see usage notes there.
   • 1944 May and June, “When the Circle was Steam Operated”, in Railway Magazine, page 150:

     The length of the stoppages could not well be reduced; indeed, they are already too short if we are to believe the tale now current of a wandering Jew sort of passenger—a lady of advanced years who can only alight from a train backwards. Every time she begins to get out a porter rushes up crying "Hurry up, ma'am; train's going!"—and pushes her in again!

   • 2025 November 12, 'Mystery Shopper', “Is Devon the cream of the crop?”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 47:

     My train back is a Class 800 bi-mode. These are not too bad, except for their awful seats - compared with the seats on the HST, they are a step backwards.

派生語

• ass-backwards
• look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards

関連する語

語源 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

動詞

backwards

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of backward

アナグラム

• drawbacks, draws back, sdrawkcab