DOWNWARD


Meaning of DOWNWARD in English

[down.ward] or down.wards adv (13c) 1 a: from a higher to a lower place b: toward a direction that is the opposite of up

2: from a higher to a lower condition 3 a: from an earlier time b: from an ancestor or predecessor

[2]downward adj (ca. 1552) 1: moving or extending downward

2: descending from a head, origin, or source -- down.ward.ly adv -- down.ward.ness n

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