abackward
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English abakward. Equivalent to aback (“rear”) + -ward (“toward”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbæk.wəd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈbæk.wəd/
Adverb
editabackward (not comparable)
References
edit- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abackward”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.