backwardlyadv.
1. In a backward direction.
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the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in backward direction
hindwarda1300
behindc1340
backwardc1386
arrear1393
awkwardc1440
behindwardc1440
back-half1470
backc1500
backwardly1552
rearward1604
tailwards1617
aversely1646
hindlongs1668
rearwards1835
rearwardly1856
arseling1887
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bowed backwardlye, recuruue.
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the world > time > frequency > [adverb] > anew or again
moeOE
of newOE
yetOE
againOE
newlyOE
once morelOE
anewc1305
newa1325
i-gainc1325
againwardc1380
upon new1399
freshlya1413
newlings1440
of the newc1449
afreshc1450
of (also on) fresh1490
for the newc1535
backwardly1552
over againa1568
over1598
de novo1627
all over1811
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > fact of being second > [adverb] > for a second time, again
eftc825
eftersoonsc950
eftsoonc1000
yetOE
againOE
once morelOE
eft-sitha1300
againwardc1380
second1382
secondly1382
once againc1475
secondarilyc1475
secondarly1543
backwardly1552
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Backwardlye..rursum.
1557 Bible (Whittingham) Gal. iv. 9 Whervnto..ye wil be in bondage backwardly.
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adverb] > perversely
witherc1200
contrariouslyc1380
waywardly1395
frowardlya1400
overthwartlya1425
wrawlyc1440
protervely1447
perverselya1513
thrawnlya1522
perversedlya1525
thrawartly1533
thwartly1558
backwardlya1586
unreclaimablya1616
peevishlya1680
untowardly1682
bloody-mindedly1716
wrong-headedly1737
thrawart-like1768
cross-grained1825
pigheadedly1836
cussedly1868
contrariwise1873
a1586 Answ. Cartwright 35 How backewardely doeth he deale in this matter?
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. iii. 18 Does he thinke so backwardly of me now. View more context for this quotation
4. Reluctantly, unwillingly, sluggishly.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [adverb]
unwillc893
uneathc900
unthankc960
latelyOE
against a person's willa1225
loatha1340
grutchingly1340
at one's unthanksa1400
wandsomely?a1400
at (or again) one's unwillesc1400
uneathsa1425
unwilfully1435
invitec1450
tarrowinglyc1480
scantly1509
nicely1530
tarryingly1530
unwillingly?1531
loathly1547
faintly1548
evil-willingly1549
grudgingly1549
difficultly1551
loathsomely1561
dangerously1573
ill-willing1579
backwardlya1586
costively1598
with an ill will1601
with (a) bad (also ill) grace1614
sadly1622
tenderlya1628
reluctantly1646
shyly1701
uncheerfully1754
à contre-coeur1803
shrinkingly1817
retractatively1851
begrudgingly1853
forcibly1867
loathfully1887
tharfly1894
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) i. sig. H5 Though they do fly, yet backwardly do glowe With proud aspect.
1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) Backwardly, Otiose, negligenter, remisse.
1860 G. Rawlinson tr. Herodotus Hist. IV. viii. lxxxv. 330 A few only followed the advice of Themistocles, to fight backwardly.
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backwardly compatible adj. = backward-compatible adj. at backward adv., adj., and n.2 Additions.
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1984 PC Week (Nexis) 11 Dec. 1 deskpro is ‘backwardly compatible’ with old software.
1991 Daily Tel. 28 Jan. 28/4 (caption) Not only is DCC backwardly compatible, it is also robust—which is important for the portable and car market.
2004 Webactive 14 Oct. 129/1 USB 2. Faster but backwardly-compatible successor to USB that's used by such things as MP3 players and external disk drives.
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