Backward

1. adv. Alt. of Backwards
2. a. Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.
3. a. Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.
4. a. Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child.
5. a. Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.
6. a. Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state.
7. a. Already past or gone; bygone.
8. n. The state behind or past.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.