DOWNWARDS

adv from a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin.

2. downwards ·adv from a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line.

3. downwards ·adv from a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards.