abackward
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From aback (“rear”) + -ward (“toward”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbæk.wəd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈbæk.wəd/
Adverb[edit]
abackward (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.