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Meaning of 'downwards' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . 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.
- From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin.
- From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line.

Meaning of 'downwards' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . downwards [ r]
Meaning (1):
- spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
Example in sentence:
  • don't fall down;
  • prices plunged downward;
  • rode the lift up and skied down

Nearby Words:

dow dowable dowager dowagerism dowcet dowdies dowdy dowdyish dowel doweled

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