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down⋅ward

  [doun-werd]
Use downward in a Sentence
–adverb
1. Also, downwards. 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.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME dounward, aph. var. of adounward, OE adūnweard. See down 1 , -ward

Related forms:
down⋅ward⋅ly, adverb
down⋅ward⋅ness, noun
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down·ward   (doun'wərd)   
adv.   or down·wards (-wərdz)

  1. In, to, or toward a lower place, level, or position: floating downward.

  2. Toward a lower position in a hierarchy or on a socioeconomic scale: slid downward into poverty.

  3. Toward the feet or lower parts: clothed from the waist downward.

  4. Toward a lower amount, degree, or rank: stocks plummeted downward.

  5. From a prior source or earlier time: passed downward through the ages.

adj.  Directed toward a lower place or position: downward movement.
down'ward·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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