Meanings
adjectivebackswept (comparative more backswept, superlative most backswept)
comparative more backswept · superlative most backswept
- Swept back.
“I love to be backstage and in the background,” she said as she slicked a dab of pomade into the model’s backswept hair.
2009 February 19, Ruth La Ferla, “Sculpturing Strands”, in New York Times
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APA
backswept. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backswept
MLA
“backswept.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backswept. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “backswept,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backswept.
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