Downward (Adverb)
Meaning
Spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position; "don't fall down"; "rode the lift up and skied down"; "prices plunged downward".
Examples
- She placed her hand downward on the injured bird's wing to calm it.
- As the plane flew off into the distance the sounds of its engines faded downward into the faint hum.
- The skier rode the chairlift up the slope then sped rapidly downward through the trees.
- His fingers glided downward running over embossed carvings when he pressed against wall.
- Slowly her head nodded downward until it finally rested on her chest as she succumbed to sleep.