Synonyms

downwards

[doun-werd]

down·ward

[doun-werd]
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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Downwards is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English dounward, aphetic variant of adounward, Old English adūnweard. See down1, -ward

down·ward·ly, adverb
down·ward·ness, noun
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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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