[esp. US] downward [adverb] [not gradable] - towards a lower positionThe road slopes gently downwards for a mile or two.The water filters downwards through the rock for hundreds of feet.He was lying face downwards on the pavement.Casualty figures were revised downwards (= reduced) after the war had ended.Compare upwards at upward.
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Meaning of DOWNWARDS in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012