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backwards and forwards

backwards and forwards adverb: thoroughly; completely, comprehensively.

Adverb

backwards and forwards (not comparable)

  1. (UK, idiomatic) Thoroughly; completely, comprehensively.
  2. Synonym of back and forth.
    Synonyms:
    back and forth

Synonyms of backwards and forwards

Forms of backwards and forwards

alternative formbackward and forward
alternative formforwards and backwards
alternative formforward and backward

Questions about backwards and forwards

What does backwards and forwards mean?
Backwards and forwards means thoroughly; completely, comprehensively.
What part of speech is backwards and forwards?
Backwards and forwards is an adverb.

Words near backwards and forwards in the dictionary

  1. backwardly
  2. backwardmost
  3. backwardness
  4. backwardnesses
  5. backwards
  6. backwards and forwards
  7. backwards compatibilities
  8. backwards compatibility
  9. backwards compatible
  10. backwards compliment
  11. backwards compliments

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