Spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
Adverb
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"
adv.
From a higher place to a lower; in a descending
course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or
downwards.
adv.
From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery,
humility, disgrace, or ruin.
adv.
From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor;
from one to another in a descending line.
Usage Examples
In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards.
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Other Usage ExamplesRock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.