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adjective

Downward adj.

Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous. "With downward force That drove the sand along he took his way."

Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent.

Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as, downward thoughts.

adverb

Downwards, Downward adv.

From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards. "Looking downwards." "Their heads they downward bent."

From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin. "And downward fell into a groveling swine."

From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line. "A ring the county wears, That downward hath descended in his house, From son to son, some four or five descents."

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"Downward" Quotes from Famous Books

... she's still cooking, landlord," consolingly replied the constable, with tearful mien, pointing slyly downward for the benefit of Buzzard and steadying himself with difficulty ...

— Mistress Nell - A Merry Tale of a Merry Time • George C. Hazelton, Jr.

... from his seat in the back of the box and looked downward. There was no mistaking the person indicated by the Baroness, nor was it possible to doubt his obvious interest in their little party. Wrayson frowned slightly ...

— The Avenger • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... Roman fortress which had stood, a vacant ruin, since the Saxons stormed it nearly six hundred years before. (See map facing p. 38.) Tradition says that as William stepped on shore he stumbled and fell flat with his face downward. "God preserve us!" cried one of his men; "this is a bad sign." But the Duke, grasping the pebbles of the beach with both his outstretched hands, exclaimed, "Thus do ...

— The Leading Facts of English History • D.H. Montgomery

... when McKenny's hand flashed downward, Tom streaked for the ball, instead of Schohari, his usual opponent. He measured his stride carefully and reached the ball in ...

— Stand by for Mars! • Carey Rockwell

... unfamiliar to him, and the three little girls that came out there to play beneath the trees, were always glad to see the kind face above them, for many a paper of sugar-plums fell from a capacious pocket that emptied itself upon the grass, and many a pleasant word floated downward, to make them happy. Oh! his was a nature to make a Paradise of any spot! so full of love toward every living thing! What if his landlady was fidgety and exacting, and called after him every time he entered the house, to ...

— The Elm Tree Tales • F. Irene Burge Smith

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