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Webster 1913 Edition

Downwards

{

Down′ward

,

Down′wards

, }
adv.
[AS.
ad[GREEK]nweard
. 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.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Downwards

DOWNWARD

, DOWNWARDS,
adv.
[See Ward.]
1.
From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course, whether directly toward the center of the earth, or not; as, to tend downward; to move or roll downwards; to look downward; to take root downwards.
2.
In a course or direction from a head, spring, origin or source. Water flows downward toward the sea; we sailed downward on the stream.
3.
In a course of lineal descent from an ancestor, considered as a head; as, to trace successive generations downward from Adam or Abraham.
4.
In the course of falling or descending from elevation or distinction.

Definition 2024

downwards

downwards

English

Adverb

downwards ‎(comparative more downwards, superlative most downwards)

  1. Towards a lower place; towards what is below.
    Gravity pulls everything downwards.
  2. To a lower figure or amount.
  3. Towards something which is lower in order, smaller, inferior etc.
    After the oil price rises, the economy headed downwards

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