DOWNWARD

a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous. With downward force That drove the sand along he took his way. Dryden.

2.
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Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent.

3.
a.

Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as, downward thoughts. Sir P. Sidney.