downward
Use Downward in a sentence
wərd adverb
1.
Also, down·wards. from a higher to a lower place or condition.
2.
down from a source or beginning: As the river flows downward, it widens.
3.
from a past time, predecessor, or ancestor: The estate was handed downward from generation to generation.
adjective
4.
moving or tending to a lower place or condition.
5.
descending from a source or beginning.
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Downward
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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downward (ˈdaʊnwəd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | descending from a higher to a lower level, condition, position, etc |
| 2. | descending from a beginning |
| —adv | |
| 3. | a variant of downwards |
| 'downwardly | |
| —adv | |
| 'downwardness | |
| —n | |
| downwards or downward (ˈdaʊnwədz) | |
| —adv | |
| 1. | from a higher to a lower place, level, etc |
| 2. | from an earlier time or source to a later: from the Tudors downwards |
| downward or downward | |
| —adv | |
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Example sentences
When the coating cracks, the cracks spread downward and reach the underlying channels, which ooze out healing agent.
Then the full scoop tips downward, spilling its water to the ground and raising the other scoop, which begins to fill with rain.
Prolonged labour market weakness at the bottom of the wage ladder means prolonged downward pressure on wages.
Clericalism contributed its full share to this downward progress.
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