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Downward   /dˈaʊnwərd/   Listen
Downward

adjective
1.
Extending or moving from a higher to a lower place.  Synonym: down.  "The downward course of the stream"
2.
On or toward a surface regarded as a base.  "The downward pull of gravity"
adverb
1.
Spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position.  Synonyms: down, downwardly, downwards.  "Rode the lift up and skied down" , "Prices plunged downward"  Antonyms: up, upwardly, upwards, upward.



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"Downward" Quotes from Famous Books



... come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit" (Isa 27:6). And this after their deliverance from persecution: According as he saith again, "The remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah, shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward: For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant" that is yet to replenish the earth with converts (37:32). As Luke observes, that when the churches in Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had rest, they "walking in the fear ...
— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan

... like that of a gigantic express rifle the western end of the great roof arches pitched down to earth; weakened at the angle, loosened from their laterals, the big roof spans lurched heavily downward. A thrill seemed to run through the whole structure; the roof, strained now to an impossible angle, hung breathless above the abyss. Then slowly, almost in majesty, but with a sound like the crashing fall of a giant tree, the great arch ...
— White Ashes • Sidney R. Kennedy and Alden C. Noble

... woman's farewell sped them on their way. Urg chose a ramp which led downward. At its foot was a niche in the rock, above which a rose light burned dimly. Urg reached within the hollow and drew out a pair of high buskins which he aided Garin to lace on. They were a good fit, having been fashioned for a man of the ...
— The People of the Crater • Andrew North

... afterwards came to another river, which they ascended about a league, and found it to terminate in a round basin, and to be entirely salt water. No men were seen, nor any animals, except divers, which were very shy; and the country was destitute of grass and trees. Returning downward on the 10th, they saw footsteps of men and children of the common size, and observed the point of entrance into the river to be a very ...
— Journals Of Two Expeditions Of Discovery In North-West And Western Australia, Vol. 1 (of 2) • George Grey

... Ritchie, with Lieutenant Lyon, of the navy, started from Tripoli, intending to proceed southward to Bornou, in order to trace the downward course of the Niger, but Mr Ritchie died, and Lieutenant Lyon was unable to get further than the southern frontier ...
— Great African Travellers - From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley • W.H.G. Kingston


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