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Rearward

adjective
1.
Located in or toward the back or rear.  Synonym: rear.  "The rear door of the plane" , "On the rearward side"
2.
Directed or moving toward the rear.  Synonym: reverse.  "A rearward movement"
adverb
1.
At or to or toward the back or rear.  Synonyms: back, backward, backwards, rearwards.  "Tripped when he stepped backward" , "She looked rearward out the window of the car"
noun
1.
Direction toward the rear.






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"Rearward" Quotes from Famous Books



... which she was being hurled. The blazing panorama of fence, forest, and hedge that took dim shape out of the blackness grew, rushed at her, then leaped away into oblivion, dazzled her too much for relaxation. Merkle, however, had drawn the conversation-shield rearward, and in its shelter leaned back with eyes closed. He seemed asleep, but after ...
— The Auction Block • Rex Beach

... rope or other flexible connection extending lengthwise of the front of the machine above the lower aeroplane, passing under pulleys or other suitable guides 16 at the front corners e and f of the lower aeroplane, and extending thence upward and rearward to the upper rear corners c and d, of the upper aeroplane, where they are attached, as indicated at 17. To the central portion of the rope there is connected a laterally-movable cradle 18, which forms a means for moving the rope lengthwise in one direction or the other, the cradle being movable ...
— A History of Aeronautics • E. Charles Vivian

... ravish indeed! you mean wanting to be ravished—in the rearward mode. Ah! great gods! ...
— The Eleven Comedies - Vol. I • Aristophanes et al

... one who is always interested in, and talking about, such things—books, works of art, etc.—as everybody else has got tired of and thrown aside. Cf. Falstaff's account of Shallow, 2 Henry IV, III, ii, 340: "'a came ever in the rearward of the fashion; and sung those tunes to the over-scutch'd huswives that he heard the carmen whistle, and sware they were his fancies or his good-nights." 'Stal'd' is 'outworn,' or 'grown stale'; and the reference is not to objects, etc., generally, ...
— The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Caesar • William Shakespeare

... fighting for his self-composure, he stood striving to locate his surroundings through the darkness. The staircase was a circular one, making the landing nearly at the front of the house, and rearward from this, the Tocsin had said, a hallway ran down the centre, with rooms on either side. The first room to the right, therefore, should be just at his hand. He reached out, feeling cautiously—there was nothing. ...
— The Adventures of Jimmie Dale • Frank L. Packard


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