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väärin päin, nurinkurisesti, takaperin
taemmaksi, taaksepäin
orient Oriented toward the back.
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The battleship had three backwards guns at the stern, in addition to the primary complement.
reversed Reversed.
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The backwards lettering on emergency vehicles makes it possible to read in the rear-view mirror.
puhekieltä behind Behind current trends or technology.
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Modern medicine regards the use of leeches as a backwards practice.
clumsy Clumsy, inept, or inefficient.
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He was a very backwards scholar, but he was a marvel on the football field.
Toward the back.
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The cabinet toppled over backwards.
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Life is lived forwards, but understood backwards.—Søren Kierkegaard
In the opposite direction to usual.
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The clock did not work because the battery was inserted backwards.
In a manner such that the back precedes the front.
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The tour guide walked backwards while droning on to the bored seniors.
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