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Meanings of rearward in inglés

portugués
às avessas

At or to or toward the back or rear.

às avessas

Directed or moving toward the rear.

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Examples for "backwards"
Examples for "backwards"
1
You begin with the end result and work backwards to the causes.
The Flanders Panel
2
I can't believe we have gone backwards in this way, said Bond.
The Guardian
3
The only forward movement on this case has come from going backwards.
Frozen Heat
4
Start with the end goal and work your way backwards from there.
The South African
5
I decided to work backwards, to search for light among the shadows.
The eye of the leopard
1
I was thrown rearwards, and fell upon a moving mass.
The Scalp Hunters
2
Previously they were painted, and had a gummy, sticky influence rearwards upon peoples clothes.
Our Churches and Chapels: Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregation...
3
A thick and continual stream of wounded flowed rearwards.
London to Ladysmith via Pretoria
4
Never look rearwards, but always to our glorious goal.
The Lost World
5
The marvellous ceremonial slipped rearwards.
The Roll-Call

Located in or toward the back or rear.

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Usage of rearward in inglés
1
The officers, at their intervals, rearward, neglected to stand in picturesque attitudes.
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
2
The lieutenant, carrying his wounded arm rearward, looked upon them with wonder.
Men, Women, and Boats
3
Frontward was the small lake's grey water, rearward an avenue of limes.
The Amazing Marriage — Volume 4
4
As if in answer to his suggestion, I felt my rearward movement arrested.
The Great Book of Amber
5
The rearward end flipped ten feet in the air and thirty feet sidewise.
Big Timber: A Story of the Northwest
6
The Abbadies could not withstand their charge, and were driven rearward.
A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar / Under the...
7
Presently she grew tired of this, too, and moved to the rearward window.
In Kings' Byways
8
The rearward portion of their container arose slightly, but only that.
Countdown: The Liberators-ARC
9
Von Boehn, therefore, was hurriedly detached rearward to deal with the Belgian counteroffensive.
The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12) / The War Begins,...
10
De Verne soon after took his leave, hastening rearward to begin his rest.
Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops / Or, Dick Prescott at G...
11
Then he pulled up and trained his ears acutely on the rearward sounds.
Dark Universe
12
Unlike so many three-row crossovers, rearward visibility from the driver's seat is quite good.
BBC
13
Once more mademoiselle cast an uneasy look at the riders in the distance rearward.
An Enemy to the King / From the Recently Discovered Memoirs of t...
14
Halkett pointed to the bonfire, receding like a fading star in the rearward distance.
The Grafters
15
Afterwards there gan out follow sixty thousand Britons most bold; that was the rearward.
Layamon's Brut
16
They drifted rearward from the hurtling car like fragments of paper in its wake.
The Furnace of Gold
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Rearward through the time
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