downwardly

down·ward  (dounwrd)

adv. or down·wards (-wrdz)

1. In, to, or toward a lower place, level, or position: floating downward.

2. Toward a lower position in a hierarchy or on a socioeconomic scale: slid downward into poverty.

3. Toward the feet or lower parts: clothed from the waist downward.

4. Toward a lower amount, degree, or rank: stocks plummeted downward.

5. From a prior source or earlier time: passed downward through the ages.

adj.

Directed toward a lower place or position: downward movement.

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downward·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

downwardly - 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" down, downward, downwards up, upward, upwardly, upwards - spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile"