Aback and Back

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Aback

Aback adverb - Without warning.
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Back and aback are semantically related in backward topic. In some cases you can use "Back" instead the word "Aback" as an adjective or an adverb or a noun.

Back

Back adverb - Earlier than the present time.
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Aback and back are semantically related in end topic. You can use "Aback" instead the word "Back" as an adjective or a noun or an adverb, if it concerns topics such as backward.
Nearby Words: backward, backing, backed, backside, backwards

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  • Even though they'd already been rivals for a while by that point, Ino's still visibly taken aback by her giving it back.
    Source: Take Back Your Gift
  • Clark Kenting Smallville had a scene where Clark meets his future self and is taken aback by the glasses and slicked-back hair.
    Source: Clark Kenting
  • Lucy is obviously taken aback and awestruck when Kurt reveals to her his MJOLNIR armor from back when he was still an active Spartan-II.
    Source: Literature / Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
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