Downwards Definition & Meaning
downwards
- 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"
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- What does downwards mean?
- 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"
- What part of speech is downwards?
- Downwards is an adverb.