backward
பின்தங்கிய
definition
adverb
he took a step backward
(of a movement) away from one's front; in the direction of one's back.
a loving look backward at his early life
toward or into the past.
adjective
she left the room without a backward glance
directed behind or to the rear.
economically backward countries
having made less than normal progress.
translation of 'backward'
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example
And all the time she was looking 'backward' to the day, seemingly so long ago, when she sat on the box seat for the first time, her legs dangling in the air, too short to reach the footboard.
He could, as he acknowledges, step into the breach in an emergency, but adds: ‘It would be a 'backward' step for the manager to bring me in.’
Claire took a couple of steps 'backward' to get a better perspective of the painting.
Alvin slapped the door shut behind him with a 'backward' scrape of his heel, to muffle the shouting from the neighbors, and sidled along the wall away from her.
Tilt the forward skate 'backward' , bringing the front of the skate up and pressing down on the heel.
I was a shy, 'backward' kid with two older brothers, so one reason to be bigger was to defend myself.
Downsizing may seem like a 'backward' step but if, at the end of the year, the reduced enterprise has rid itself of debt and put itself into a profitable position, it will have been the right move.
Later that day, Tom's aloof and 'backward' brother Noah notified him that he was staying to live by the river, and then wandered away.
I actually stumbled 'backward' a few steps in surprise.
At some point next week in a courtroom in Memphis, college football will take one giant leap 'backward' when the gavel strikes and a trial ends.
Yet we are not some 'backward' , powerless people who must flee to our caves.
Then off they go, with barely a 'backward' glance, never to return.
I do not want to see Scotland taking a 'backward' step.
Then something yanked my feet out from under me and I fell 'backward' into the pool and came up sputtering.
He was looking 'backward' to this life, and wanting it all now.
Many believe it's simply a matter of walking out, and slamming the door without a 'backward' glance.
They were so 'backward' ; their vision was so dim, that if you dared express an opinion that they didn't agree with you were in trouble.
Pip is more embarrassed than ever by Joe's ‘ignorance’ and even tells Biddy that he thinks Joe is 'backward' .
The skies have not fallen, constitutions remain intact, the franc and the mark have passed unmourned into history and euroland has carried on about its business with scarcely a 'backward' glance.
The real giveaway is the female's hidden pouch, albeit 'backward' opening, for rearing its young.
They were 'backward' , discriminatory, and wasted their nations' resources in decadent indulgences.
The parents in this film are not the cliche and are not those 'backward' people who scream and say don't go out.
Russia's leaders are loath to give these up to what they see as a bunch of 'backward' peasants.
‘At a time when business de-rating has ended, it's a 'backward' step to see the promotion of Orange halls in this way’.
No excuses, no 'backward' steps, just aggression and dynamism and a lot of honesty, qualities that have finally given him a secure hold on Ireland's No.1 jersey.
And if they refuse to, I think it's a giant step 'backward' and makes the world more unstable.
We are shown images of bees, signifying the 'backward' movement of trying to escape one's destiny.
The workmanship was top-notch and, simply put, this was no step 'backward' .
He added that the county's economy was growing at six per cent and a three per cent increase was a 'backward' step.
Hailing from economically 'backward' families, a steady source of income has immensely boosted the confidence levels of these women.
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