Downward /(?)/

Down·ward

Downward

adv.
  1. From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards.
    Their heads they downward bent.
  2. From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin.
    And downward fell into a groveling swine.
  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.

Downward

a.
  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 downward force That drove the sand along he took his way.
  2. Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent.
  3. Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as, downward thoughts.