• Downward

    Origin

    down + -ward

    Full definition of downward

    Adverb

    downward

    (or downwards)
    1. Toward a lower level, whether in physical space, in a hierarchy, or in amount or value.His position in society moved ever downward.
      • DraytonTheir heads they downward bent.
      • ShakespeareA ring the county wears,
        That downward hath descended in his house,
        From son to son, some four or five descents.

    Adjective

    downward

    1. moving or sloping downHe spoke with a downward glance.

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