downward adj

1 on or toward a surface regarded as a base; "he lay face downward"; "the downward pull of gravity" [syn: downward(ip)]

2 extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream" [syn: down(a), downward(a)] adv : spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position; "don't fall down"; "rode the lift up and skied down"; "prices plunged downward" [syn: down, downwards, downwardly] [ant: up, up, up, up]

English

Adverb

(or downwards)

1. toward a lower level, either in space or in a hierarchy or an amount

   His position in society moved ever downward.

Translations

• Finnish: alaspäin
• Swedish: nedåt, neråt

Adjective

1. moving or sloping down

   He spoke with a downward glance.

Translations

• Finnish: laskeva
• Swedish: nedåt, neråt

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