adown

[ uh-doun ]

adverb, prepositionArchaic.

Origin of adown

1
First recorded before 1000; Middle English adoun, Old English of dūne “off the hill.” See a-2, down1

Words Nearby adown

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How to use adown in a sentence

  • A day that with joy is bubbling—And dancing adown a world mad-gay?

    With the Colors | Everard Jack Appleton
  • I thought it would be nice to go adown the path and pipe a forest song to the mamma of the gladness of the spring.

    The Story of Opal | Opal Whiteley
  • Our horses, though they purposely are left unshod, make a prodigious clatter as they stumble adown the rough, uneven way.

    The Matabele Campaign | R. S. S. Baden-Powell
  • The shawl which Mrs. Allen had folded over her shoulders from fear of cold, hung loosely adown her long night robe.

    The Gold Brick | Ann S. Stephens
  • He can brave a moonlight walk adown sweet-scented lanes or a twilight pull among the somber rushes.