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backwards-compatibly

backwards-compatibly adverb: in a backward compatible manner.

Adverb

backwards-compatibly (comparative more backwards-compatibly, superlative most backwards-compatibly)

  1. In a backward compatible manner.

Forms of backwards-compatibly

comparativemore backwards-compatibly
superlativemost backwards-compatibly
alternative formbackwards compatibly

Questions about backwards-compatibly

What does backwards-compatibly mean?
Backwards-compatibly means in a backward compatible manner.
What part of speech is backwards-compatibly?
Backwards-compatibly is an adverb.

Words near backwards-compatibly in the dictionary

  1. backwards compliment
  2. backwards compliments
  3. backwards roll
  4. backwards rolls
  5. backwards-compatible
  6. backwards-compatibly
  7. backwardsness
  8. backwash
  9. backwash ileitis
  10. backwashable
  11. backwashed

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