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Webster 1913 Edition
Downward
Down′ward
,Adj.
1.
Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous.
With
That drove the sand along he took his way.
downward
forceThat drove the sand along he took his way.
Dryden.
2.
Descending from a head, origin, or source;
as, a
. downward
line of descent3.
Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected;
as,
. downward
thoughtsSir P. Sidney.
Webster 1828 Edition
Downward
DOWNWARD
, DOWNWARDS,adv.
1.
From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course, whether directly toward the center of the earth, or not; as, to tend downward; to move or roll downwards; to look downward; to take root downwards.2.
In a course or direction from a head, spring, origin or source. Water flows downward toward the sea; we sailed downward on the stream.3.
In a course of lineal descent from an ancestor, considered as a head; as, to trace successive generations downward from Adam or Abraham.4.
In the course of falling or descending from elevation or distinction.Definition 2024
downward
downward
English
Adverb
downward (comparative more downward, superlative most downward) (or downwards)
- Toward a lower level, whether in physical space, in a hierarchy, or in amount or value.
- His position in society moved ever downward.
- Drayton
- Their heads they downward bent.
- Shakespeare
- A ring the county wears, / That downward hath descended in his house, / From son to son, some four or five descents.
Translations
toward a lower level
Adjective
downward (comparative more downward, superlative most downward)
Translations
moving down
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