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The phrase "a sort of backwards" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is not in the expected order or is reversed in some way.
Example: "The instructions were a sort of backwards, making it difficult to follow the steps in the right sequence."
Alternatives: "somewhat reversed" or "kind of inverted."
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Finally came a sort of backwards moving day; rather than heading into a new adventure, my in-laws' things were retrieved, their adventures having come to a close.
Farage's discarded policy would have worked as a sort of backwards sumptuary law had it ever seen the light of day, disenfranchising what he perceived to be undesirable elements from certain public spaces had they failed to put their shirts back on or fasten their top buttons.
To have a sort of "backwards and forwards" depth, choose one that's at about the middle - not too far in the background, but not directly in the foreground, either.
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A: Sort of.
I fell into being a wedding DJ sort of backwards.
Environmentalists tout a sort-of pagan eschatology.
To have legal fees dwarf a settlement payout, she continued, "is sort of backwards".
It's a provocative argument, though, that parking causes driving, and if this were true, a lot of city policies would look sort of backwards.
"We are sort of backwards," he said.
To some observers, Mr. Iksil's bet seems sort of backwards.
I guess since there are constant reminders every day, I feel some sort of backwards compulsion to ignore stories like this; I simply don't want to face it.
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