Downward

/ˈdaʊnwɚd/ · adverb

Meaning

Toward a lower level, whether in physical space, in a hierarchy, or in amount or value..

Definitions by Sense

1. Toward a lower level, whether in physical space, in a hierarchy, or in amount or value.
2. At a lower level.
3. Southward.
4. Moving, sloping or oriented down.
5. Located at a lower level.

Example Sentences

His position in society moved ever downward.

The natural disasters put downward pressure on the creditworthiness of the nation’s insurance groups.

[A] ring the county wears, / That downward hath succeeded in his house / From son to son, some four or five descents

They call her Daffadill: / Whoſe preſence as ſhe went along, / The prety flowers did greet, / As though their heads they downward bent, / With homage to her feete.

Novv you muſt bee ſure […] to carry the point or top of the Rod dovvnevvard; by vvhich meanes the ſhadovv of your ſelfe, and Rod too vvill be the leaſt offenſive to the Fiſh, for the ſight of any ſhadovv amazes the fiſh, and ſpoiles your ſport, of vvhich you muſt take a great care.

[T]heir Sight was so directed downward, that they did not readily see Objects that were above them […]

Down, downward they went, and yet further down—their descent at each step seeming to outmeasure their advance.

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

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