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adown

[ uh-doun ]

/ əˈdaʊn /

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adverb, preposition Archaic.

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Origin of adown

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

Words nearby adown

adornment, adorno, Adoula, Adour, Adowa, adown, adoze, ADP, ad part. dolent., ad patres, adperson

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Example sentences from the Web for adown

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.
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow|Jerome K. Jerome

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