Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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sweptback | No | Yes | No | No |
backward | No | Yes | No | Yes |
sweptback (adjective) | backward (adjective) |
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used of hair | directed or facing toward the back or rear |
(especially of aircraft wings) angled rearward from the point of attachment | (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature |
retarded in intellectual development | |
having made less than normal progress |
sweptback (adverb) | backward (adverb) |
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in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal | |
in or to or toward a past time | |
at or to or toward the back or rear |