downward
adverb
Also downwards. from a higher to a lower place or condition.
downwardly
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a word derived from
downward.
Example Sentences
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Continuing claims, which scale with the total size of the unemployed population, totaled 1.72 million in the week through Sept. 26, rising by 17,000 from the downwardly revised total a week earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
She used her opportunity to create a warts-and-all portrait of her over-educated and downwardly mobile milieu.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Weekly jobless claims totaled 206,000, down from the previous week’s downwardly revised 212,000 and slightly lower than forecast.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Overall import prices fell 0.4% in July following a downwardly revised 0.3% decline in June, the data showed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
In all, or at least in most of such cases, the downwardly bent apex remains for a time enclosed within the seed-coats.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin
