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31aback — ad. Back, backward, rearward, regressively, to the rear …
32backward — I. a. 1. Unwilling, reluctant, loath, disinclined, indisposed, wavering, hesitating. See averse. 2. Dull, sluggish, slow, stupid, stolid. See dull. 3. Late, tardy, behindhand, after the usual time. II. ad.; …
33aback — adv rearward, to or in the rear, back, toward the back, behind, backward, hindward; Naut. abaft, Naut. aft, Naut. astern, Naut. sternward; retrogressively, regressively, retrogradingly; Fig. aloof, Fig. at a distance. See taken aback …
34backward — adv 1. rearward, towards the back, in reverse, vice versa, upside down, topsyturvy, inside out, back in front; crablike, retrocessive ly, retrogressively, regressively, Scot, and North. Eng. backlins; Naut. aback, Naut. abaft, Naut. aft, Naut.… …
35regress — verb (i) /riˈgrɛs / (say ree gres) 1. to move in a backward direction; go back. –noun /ˈrigrɛs / (say reegres) 2. the act of going back; return. 3. backward movement or course; retrogression. {Middle English, from Latin regressus a going back}… …
36regressive — ► ADJECTIVE 1) tending to regress or characterized by regression. 2) (of a tax) taking a proportionally greater amount from those on lower incomes. DERIVATIVES regressively adverb regressiveness noun …
37regressiveness — regressive ► ADJECTIVE 1) tending to regress or characterized by regression. 2) (of a tax) taking a proportionally greater amount from those on lower incomes. DERIVATIVES regressively adverb regressiveness noun …
38regressive — [ri gres′iv] adj. 1. regressing or tending to regress 2. of, like, or characteristic of regression 3. designating a tax that becomes proportionately lower as the tax base increases regressively adv …
39regressive — adj. 1 regressing; characterized by regression. 2 (of a tax) proportionally greater on lower incomes. Derivatives: regressively adv. regressiveness n …
