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ˈbackwardly, adv.
[f. backward a. + -ly2.]
1. In a backward direction.
1552Huloet, Bowed backwardlye, recuruue.
†2. Again, over again. Obs.
1552Huloet, Backwardlye..rursum. 1557N. T. (Genev.) Gal. iv. 9 Whervnto..ye wil be in bondage backwardly.
†3. Perversely. Obs.
a1586Answ. Cartwright 35 How backewardely doeth he deale in this matter? 1607Shakes. Timon iii. iii. 18 Does he thinke so backwardly of me now.
4. Reluctantly, unwillingly, sluggishly.
1580Sidney Arcadia i. (J.) Though they do fly, yet backwardly do go with proud aspect. 1783Ainsworth Lat. Dict. (Morell), Backwardly, Otiose, negligenter, remisse. 1860Rawlinson tr. Herodotus viii. lxxxv. IV. 330 A few only followed the advice of Themistocles, to fight backwardly. |