downward

Speech parts

1. downward - Adjective

2. downward - Adverb

4. downward - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Alt. of Downwards

Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous.

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.

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All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism; but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order. Harriet Beecher Stowe

The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

A man is the sum of his ancestors; to reform him you must begin with a dead ape and work downward through a million graves. He is like the lower end of a suspended chain; you can sway him slightly to the right or the left, but remove your hand and he falls into line with the other links. Ambrose Bierce

That body is heavier than another which, in an equal bulk, moves downward quicker. Aristotle

The rural and urban populations does not necessarily drift downward in the process of economic growth: indeed, there is some evidence to suggest that it is stable at best, and tends to widen because per capita productivity in urban pursuits increases more rapidly than in agriculture. Simon Kuznets

The downward road is easy. American Proverb

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