backward

Sense 1 adjective

directed or facing toward the back or rear

a backward view

Sense 2 adverb

at or to or toward the back or rear

he moved back

Sense 3 adjective

(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature

a backward lover

Sense 4 adverb

in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal

it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'

Sense 5 adjective

retarded in intellectual development

Sense 6 adverb

in or to or toward a past time

set the clocks back an hour

Sense 7 adjective

having made less than normal progress

an economically backward country