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   rearward

   /ˈrɪəwəd/

   adjective

   • 1. directed towards the back: "a slight rearward movement"

   adverb

   • 1. towards the back: "the engine nozzles point rearward"

   noun

   • 1. the part or position at the back of something: archaic "it would occupy its position in the advance, not in the rearward of the times"

   Word Origin Middle English (as a noun denoting the rear part of an army): from Anglo-Norman French rerewarde ‘rearguard’; the adjective dates from the early 17th century and is from rear1 + -ward.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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