(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:01:32

Back"ward*ly (?), adv.

1.

Reluctantly; slowly; aversely.

[Obs.]

Sir P. Sidney.

2.

Perversely; ill.

[Obs.]

And does he think so backwardly of me? Shak.

 

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