Like a mirror image (8)

I believe the answer is:

backward

(Other definitions for backward that I've seen before include "not very bright" , "Shy, bashful" , "Direction to the rear" , "Retrograde" , "Reverse; reluctant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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