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(especially US) 1 adverb to rearsiar she moved backwards chúlaigh sí, chuaigh sí ar lorg a cúilhe fell backwards thit sé i ndiaidh a chúilshe sagged backwards in the chair scaoil sí í féin siar sa chathaoir 2 adverb in reverse directiondroim ar ais tóin ar aghaidhhe wore his cap backwards bhí a chaipín air droim ar ais, bhí a chaipín iompaithe siar airShow full entry
3 adverb beginning at enddroim ar ais she read the comic backwards léigh sí an greannán droim ar ais 4 adverb toward pastsiar the film takes us backwards in time tugann an scannán siar in am sinn 5 adverb toward worse statear gcúl the country is going backwards tá an tír ag dul ar gcúl, ag dul chun cúil atá an tír, tá an tír ag dul in olcas 6 adverb thoroughlyshe knows Irish grammar backwards tá an-chur amach aici ar ghramadach na Gaeilge, tá gramadach na Gaeilge ar bharr na méar aici