See Also: downward(dictionary)
downward(dictionary)
downward drainage(medicine)
Law of downward sloping demand(finance)

downward (iou)



downward adverb, adjective, & preposition. ME.
[Aphet. from ADOWNWARD.]
A. adverb.
= DOWNWARDS 1. ME.
= DOWNWARDS 2. ME.
= DOWNWARDS 3. E17.
b. adjective.
Lying or situated below; lower. rare. ME.
Dryden Aurora..lights the downward Heav'n.
Directed, moving, extending, pointing, leading, etc., towards what is lower; inclined downward. M16.
E. A. Freeman Steps in a downward scale. T. H. Huxley The downward current of the river. National Observer (US) With our new downward mobility, the quasi marriage is apt to be a..college-bred phenomenon.
C. preposition. = DOWN preposition 1. rare. Only in LME.
downwardly adverb (downwardly: see MOBILE adjective 4) M19.
downwardness noun M19.