† ˌfore-ˈbackwardly,adv.Obs.rare—1. [f. fore adv. + backward + -ly2.] Beginning at the wrong end, preposterously. 1581Sidney Apol. Poetrie (Arb.) 62 Exercise indeede wee doe, but that, very fore-backwardly: for where we should exercise to know, wee exercise as hauing knowne.