Downwardly (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
- The box fell downwardly from the shelf and crashed onto the floor.
- Water flows downwardly through the stream due to gravity.
- His grades had been trending downwardly since he started partying.
- The airplane took off upwardly then turned and flew downwardly toward the landing strip.
- Their economic situation had been spiraling downwardly since the layoff.