DOWNWARDS

down, downwards, downward, downwardly

(adverb) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adverb

downwards (not comparable)

Towards a lower place; towards what is below.

Towards something which is lower in order, smaller, inferior, etc.

Synonyms

• downward, down

Antonyms

• upwards, up

Anagrams

• downdraws, drawdowns

Source: Wiktionary

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Down"ward, Down"wards, adv. Etym: [AS. ad. See Down, adv., and - ward.]

1. 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." Pope. Their heads they downward bent. Drayton.

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

3. 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. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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