Downward Definition

dounwərd
downwards
adverb
Toward a lower place, position, state, etc.
Webster's New World
Toward a lower position in a hierarchy or on a socioeconomic scale.
Slid downward into poverty.
American Heritage
Toward the feet or lower parts.
Clothed from the waist downward.
American Heritage
From an earlier to a later time.
Webster's New World
Toward a lower amount, degree, or rank.
Stocks plummeted downward.
American Heritage
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adjective
Directed toward a lower place or position.
Downward movement.
American Heritage

Moving or sloping down.

He spoke with a downward glance.
Wiktionary

Origin of Downward

  • down +‎ -ward

    From Wiktionary

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