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Downward

//ˈdaʊnwɚd// adj, adv

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Moving, sloping or oriented downward. not-comparable

    "He spoke with a downward glance."

  2. 2
    Located at a lower level. not-comparable

    "In her chast Current oft the Goddess laves, And with Celestial Tears augments the Waves. Oft in her Glass the musing Shepherd spies The headlong Mountains and the downward Skies, The watry Landskip of the pendant Woods, And absent Trees that tremble in the Floods;"

Adjective
  1. 1
    extending or moving from a higher to a lower place wordnet
  2. 2
    on or toward a surface regarded as a base wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    Toward a lower level, whether in physical space, in a hierarchy, or in amount or value. not-comparable

    "His position in society moved ever downward."

  2. 2
    At a lower level. not-comparable

    "Dagon his Name, Sea Monster, upward Man / And downward Fish […]"

  3. 3
    Southward. not-comparable

    "If we turn to the New World, we find that among the American Indians, from the Eskimo of Alaska downward to Brazil and still farther south, homosexual customs have been very frequently observed."

Adverb
  1. 1
    spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From down + -ward.

Etymology 2

From down + -ward.

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