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  1. backwardlyadverb

    In a backward direction.

  2. Etymology: Backward + -ly

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Backwardlyadverb

    Etymology: from backward.

    Like Numid lions by the hunters chas’d,
    Though they do fly, yet backwardly do go
    With proud aspect, disdaining greater haste. Philip Sidney.

    I was the first man
    That e’er receiv’d gift from him;
    And does he think so backwardly of me,
    That I’ll requite it last? William Shakespeare, Timon.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Backwardlyadverb

    reluctantly; slowly; aversely

  2. Backwardlyadverb

    perversely; ill

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of backwardly in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of backwardly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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