Definitions from Wiktionary (aback)
▸ adverb: (archaic) Towards the back or rear; backwards.
▸ adverb: (archaic) In the rear; a distance behind.
▸ adverb: By surprise; startled; dumbfounded. (see usage)
▸ adverb: (nautical) Backward against the mast; said of the sails when pressed by the wind from the "wrong" (forward) side, or of a ship when its sails are set that way.
▸ noun: (obsolete, Early Modern) An inscribed stone square.
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▸ adverb: (archaic) Towards the back or rear; backwards.
▸ adverb: (archaic) In the rear; a distance behind.
▸ adverb: By surprise; startled; dumbfounded. (see usage)
▸ adverb: (nautical) Backward against the mast; said of the sails when pressed by the wind from the "wrong" (forward) side, or of a ship when its sails are set that way.
▸ noun: (obsolete, Early Modern) An inscribed stone square.
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abackward,
arrear,
abaft,
again,
aftermost,
backward,
astern,
hinderly,
behindhand,
furtherward,
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