spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position; dont fall down; rode the lift up and skied down; prices plunged downward
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downward (adv.)
extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; the down staircase; the downward course of the stream
[ Syn: down ]
on or toward a surface regarded as a base; he lay face downward; the downward pull of gravity'